1896 Aug 24 born Hackney, London
1901 census at West Ham
1902 Feb 25 His father died. Violent concussion of brain due to an accidental fall off the rigging of The SS City of Venice while in Millwall dock
1903 He enters the Royal Merchant Seamen's Orphanage
1911 census He is at Royal Merchant Seamen's Orphanage, Hermon Hill, Wanstead
1911 Jul He leaves the Orphanage
1914 Jan 15 Enlists in RND
1914 Oct 8 Interned in Holland
1919 Feb 3 Demobilised
1920 Jul 8 married London to Doris Charlotte King
1921 Oct 26 enlisted with RIC no 83014 . Merchant seaman & ex-sailor
1939 Register He is a Telephonist living with wife Doris at Barking, Essex
1972 Feb 8. Died West Ham