His father died before he was 6 and his mother re-ammied. He was in borstal before he was 16 b& in a Mental Hospit by the time he was 25. He was in and out of the workhouse
1885 Nov 28 born St Pancras, London
1891 census in St Pancras
1901 census at Boys Industrial School, Bramhall & Hazelgrove, Cheshire
1911 census a patient at the Metropolitan Imbecile Asylum, Darenth Near Dartford. Imbecile , House Painter
1916 Jan 26 Admitted to Poplar Workhouse
1917 Aug 20 Married
1917 Oct 9 Discharged. The same man (same Royal Fusiliers service no 132261 ) is also discharged on 1 May 1920
1921 Jan 7 enlisted with RIC no 77453. ex-Soldier & Carman