He was awarded the Military Medal published in the London Gazette 19 February 1917 for his part in a successful patrol on 13 January 1916, which resulted in the death of three of the enemy.
He was killed in action on 3 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on the enemy’s line near the Leipzig Salient.
He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
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