Born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, later moving to Jacksdale. A Selston Roll of Honour published in January 1917 tells us that he was a regular soldier, having enlisted at Ripley, Derbyshire in 1906 and was sent to France on 4th November 1914. 

He was killed in action on Wednesday 5th July 1916, age unknown, whilst attacking the German lines at Boisselle near the River Selle, France. 

He is commemorated at The Thiepval Memorial, The Somme. Memorial to the 72,000 men, killed in the Somme sector,having no known grave.