Born Gosport
1901 census
Enlisted into Kings Shropshire Light Infantry aged 18
Deserted while serving in Ireland with the 2nd Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Enlisted into the Irish Free State Army (So deserted after 31 Jan 1922)
13 Nov 1922 not listed on the Irish military census
27 July 1923 arrested by British authorities
25 Aug 1923 Court Martial at Tidworth. Charged with desertion, and loss of equipment. Plead Guilty. Sentenced to 1 year imprisonment with Hard Labour. Sentence was not confirmed
30 Aug 1923 Re-trial held at Tidworth. Plead Guilty. Sentenced to 6 months detention. Had spent 35 days in custody
While in Detention sent with a Draft to India to join 1st Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (Which had arrived in India 1 Dec 1920)
Invalided home from India
1926 Convicted at Goole
1929 House breaking in Devon and Somerset
1929 Convicted at East Sussex Quarter Sessions for breaking into a Golf Club House at Eastbourne
19 May 1929 Break in Slough and District Co-op, Bath Road, Cippenham
13 May 1930 handed himself in at Wrexham Police Station. Committed to Burnham
30 May 1930 Bound over for £10
Address: Annersley House, Woodfalls, Downton, Salisbury