I cannot find his birth, nor his father
1881 Jul 5 Born London (perhaps 1882 in Barnett)
1897 Aug 26 Enlisted in 17th Lancers. NOK is his father William Charles Stratton, Valatine Rd, South Hackney
1905 Jan 30. Married in London to Annie Josephine Walsh
1908 Oct 27 Transfers to Army Reserve
1908 Nov 19. His wife is in Hackney Workhouse Infirmery
1908 Nov 25 His wife is sent to Claybury Intitution , Essex. Claybury Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Woodford Bridge, London. It was built to a design by the English architect George Thomas Hine who was a prolific Victorian architect of hospital buildings. It was opened in 1893 making it the Fifth Middlesex County Asylum. Historic England identified the hospital as being "the most important asylum built in England after 1875".
1912 Feb 12 His wife died at Claybury
1921 Sep 21. Joined with RIC no 73228 & ADRIC no 26.(274) ex-Soldier & Farrier
1920 Nov 30 Resigned , then resignation cancelled
1920 Dec 6 . To ADRIC
1920 Dec 24 Posted F Coy
1921 May 23 to 27 May on Leave
1921 Sep 23 to 7 Oct on Leave