1882 Jun 7 born Rock Ferry, Cheshire
1891 census at 22,Meadow Lane,Tranmere,Birkenhead,Cheshire.

1901 census at 22,Meadow Lane,Tranmere,Birkenhead,Cheshire.
1903 Enlisted in Coldstream Guards # 4959 . NOK parents George & Mary at Rock Ferry
1904 Jan 18 Discharged medically unfit
1911 census at 21 Heald Avenue,Rushholme,Manchester,Lancs
1911 Dec 23 married Lancs to Mary Ann WHEELER
1914 Sep 3 Enlists in Manchester Regt

1914 Sep 21 discharged, not likely to become an efficient soldier
1915 Aug 24 Attests to RA
1915 Sep 4 Posted overseas with Royal Artillery
1917 Jun 30 Transferred to Labour Corps
1919 Feb 25 Demobbed. NOK is wife Mary at Hulme, Manchester
1921 May 17 enlisted with RIC no 81018. Labourer & ex-Soldier
1922 Jan 3 Posted Beggars Bush
1939 Register. He is a widowed Builders Labourer living at Manchester
1954 Jun 8 buried Manchester,