Details imported from Luton Absent Voters list and the National Roll of the Great War (Section V)

The National Roll (mostly submitted by families) describes his service as follows: He volunteered in August 1915 and having completed his training was drafted to France in March of the following year. While in this theatre of war he fought at the Somme, Arras, Ypres, Cambrai and in the Retreat and Advance of 1918 and often took charge in bombing raids. He came home and was demobilised in February 1919. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals.