1886 Jan 17. Born Macclesfield, Cheshire
1901 census in Macclesfield
1904 Feb 6 Attests to Cheshire Regt
1912 Feb 2 Discharged to reserves
1914 Aug 5. Mobilised
1914 Aug 16 Landed in France
1914 Taken POW . He was a POW for 4years and 122 days
1918 Dec 30 Repatriated as POW
1919 Jan 16 Married Lancs to Kwezia Miles
1919 Mar 27 Demobbed
1920 Mar 31 Discharged termination of engagement
1921 Apr 12. Enlisted with RIC no 80456 & ADRIC no 964. ex-Soldier & Labourer
Posted to 4 Gds
1922 Jun 28 Re-enlisted with 4th Bat Cheshire Regt (TA)
1925 Aug 18. Reduced to the ranks from L/Sgt and dismissed the TA. He was drunk, arrest, and then escaped before being caught
1939 Register in Barrow on Furness A General Labourer living with wife Kenzia
1978 Jun Died Barrow in Furness