1888 Mar 12 . Born Toxteth Park, Lancs
1891 census living in Chester
1901 census at Chester with his parents
Enlisted in RE between 1901 and 1911
1911 census with the RE in Far East
1914 Sep 9 Landed in France
1919 Mar 27. Discharged from RE
1921 Jan 11. RIC no 77556 & Adric 814. Electrician & ex-Soldier
Posted to F Coy
Became a Merchant Seaman
1923 Jun 24 Deserted SS Melonia in New York (on seaman's card). Pension card shows him working at a Golf Club in New Jersey later this year
1939 Register in Bath , Somerset. An Electrician . Single
1940 Married in Bath
1958 Died Bath , Somerset