born 1871 in SMB
employed by his father, a farmer, as a Wheeler.
enlisted 9 May 1908 witnessed by Capt. Henry Longfellow Cooper
SSM T2 or T4/212417 Army Service Corps 878th Company
WO 372/5/203339
Territorial who went to war before 14 Aug 1914 (Andover Advertiser 14 Aug 1914)
Recorded by the Andover Advertiser as having ‘joined the war effort’ by 23 October 1914