Born in Shipley. During World War I, he served as a Lance Sergeant with the 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. During World War I, he served as a Private with the 33rd Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps. There's a good deal of war function now. “In two a long time Germany will be manufacturing oil and fuel adequate out of soft coal for a lengthy war. And spoke out calmly. They do not fill out a police report.