He was educated at Uppingham and served his apprenticeship with Furness, Withy and Co. Ltd.
For some time after the outbreak of war he did excellent work in connection with the Dunbarton Red Cross organisation, and afterwards enlisted as a private in the Liverpool Regiment and was later granted a Commission. Liverpool Daily Post 20/7/1916
He is remembered in Hartlepool on H115.10 and H115.30 in Stranton on S139.03 and in West Hartlepool on W111.54, W111.80 and W111.86
