Born Pimlico, London, , 1876. An Engineer Labourer. Married on 22 Feb 1909. His separated wife, Caroline, lived at 51 William Street, Stratford (1911 Census); 71, Savona Street, Battersea, London and at 29, Subway Street, Hessle Road, Hull (War pension address). She received no support from her husband prior to hime enlisting, but received a war pension on appeal, 15 Oct 1917.
Enlisted at Hackney, Middlesex. Posed to France, 30 May 1915. Served with the 5th Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire) Regiment. Died of Pancreatis, on 22/10/1915, aged 38. Buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
His army effects were left to his son, Edward