BORN HULL 04/12/1866. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, ON THE TRAWLER 'QUICKLY'. DIED OF ILLNESS, ON 21/02/1916, AGED 50. BURIED AT SEAFIELD CEMETERY, LEITH, EDINBURGH. HIS EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FRIEND, MARY ELIZABETH WRAY, AT THIS NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS.