1880 Jul 27. born Dumfriesshire
1891 census in Oxford
1897 May 3. Enlisted in Royal Berks Regt
1909 Aug 2. Married Grace Hawkins from Hampshire
1911 census A Corporal with R Berks Regt in Reading
1914 Apr Court martial and reduced to Private from L/Sgt
1914 Aug 13. Landed in France
1917 Jul 22 Promoted Cpl
1918 Apr 22 Promoted CSM, WOII
Awarded MM while CSM with 2/4 Bat. R Berks Regt
1919 Mar 12- Demobbed
1920 Dec 14. Joined with RIC No 76652 & Adric No 238. ex-Soldier & labourer
Posted to 4 Gds
1939 Register Living in Portsmouth with wife Grace. He is a plumbers labourer at the local RE Barracks
1961 Jan/Mar Died at Portsmouth