He was born in Ulgham and enlisted in Alnwick.
There is a family headstone in Chevington Cemetery.
Acknowledgments: S.C. Knox
"By the Green of the Spring" A tribute to the men of Chevington and Broomhill who served in the First World War:; J.H. Hardy; 2004; Amble Social History Group.
He is remembered in Chevington on C27.01 and C27.02, in Alnwick in A11.56, in East Chevington on E7.01 and in the Battalion History