Of the two possibilities form BMD and census, this is the more likely as 1911 gives him as a tramway motorman, and our man is a driver in RFA
1885 Apr/Jun Born Nottingham
1891 census at 97, Rye Street, Basford, Nottingham
1901 census at 60, Saville Street, Nottingham
1907 Oct/Dec married Mary Maria White in Nottingham
1911 census at 16 Bobbers Mill Road Nottingham
1919 Jul 4. Died Limerick
Buried Limerick