1897 Mar 12 Born London (moved Norfolk)
1901 census in Norfolk
1911 census at Dora Place, Tottenhill, Kings Lynn
Enlisted in RFA as #61226. He was a shoeing-smith
1915 Sep 21 Landed in France
1921 Nov 1 Joined RIC with # 83243 . Blacksmith & ex-Soldier
Temp Const in MT
1922 Mar 22 Disbanded
1922 Mar 28 enlisted in Palestine Police
1929 On Norfolk Electoral Roll with William & Emma Jane (presumably his brother and mother)
1930 Jun 23. Arrived in UK from Capetown. He is in British South Africa Police
he appears to have married Anna Johanna Ferreira and lived in Zimbabwe
died Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe (Ancestry tree but no date)