Record of Service

  • Enlisted boy – 2nd August 1894
  • Posted 1st Bttn. India – 6th July 1895
  • Appointed Drummer – 26th August 1895
  • Reverted to Private – 13th April 1898
  • Appointed L/Cpl – 31st May 1898
  • Promoted Corporal – 19th April 1902
  • Promoted Sergeant – 7th July 1905
  • Appointed Orderly Room Clerk – Regimental Depot – 14th December 1907
  • Promoted Colour Sergeant – 1909
  • Appointed C.Sgt Instructor – Musketry (1st Bttn)
  • Resigned Musketry instructor at own request – 1st December 1910
  • Duty Colour Sergeant
  • Posted 3rd Bttn Permanent Staff – 11th April 1913
  • Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant – 5th December 1914
  • Posted 16th Bttn The Cheshire Regiment
  • Appointed Temporary Captain & Company Commander – April 1915
  • Appointed Adjutant 0 July 1915
  • Wounded during the Somme fighting – 19th July 1916. Left arm, right leg, resulting in amputation of left forearm.