1876 Oct 15. Born Haltwhistle, Northumberland
1881 census at Hill House, Haltwhistle
1891 not on census
1896 Aug 12. 2nd Mates Cert
1898 Aug 13. 1st Mates Cert
1901 Mar 25. Master's Cert
1901 census He is a boarder at 6, Henry Nelson Street, South Shields. He is a "deck officer, merchant service"
1911 census.
1918 Oct. His seaman's card shows he was 2nd Officer on SS Limeleaf
1919 Mar. A further voyage on Limeleaf
1921 May 24 Joined ADRIC with service no 1997 Posted to Q Coy
1922 Jan. He appears to have served until demobilisation of ADRIC
1922 Jul/Sep Died Greenwich, London aged 45