1881 Aug 4 born Cheshire.
1891 census in Stockport
1901 census in Stockport
1902 Sep 13. Enlists in Royal Engineers
1905 Oct 7 Discharged the Army for misconduct
1910 Jul 28 married Chester to Sarah Sykes
1911 census in Stockport
1914 Sep 4 enlisted in RE as#48524
1915 Jul 7 Landed in France
1919 Feb 10 demobbed
1919 Apr 5 Re-enlisted for 1 year
1919 Dec 10. Demobbed
1921 Jul 3 enlisted with RIC no 82316 engine driver & ex-soldier
1921 Aug 15 dismissed drunkenness
1939 Register. He is a married steam crane driver living alone in James St, Stockport
1940 Jan 10. died
