His grave is registered at Shrewsbury Cemetery but little else is known about him.
War Graves Commission volunteer Peter Easton and Ian Sawyers, Lieutenant Colonel Retired, with the gravestoneHowever, a tombstone on the grave was damaged when storms raged in December last year, bringing down part of a tree. Now it has been replaced.
In 1911 he was living in New Park Road, Shrewsbury, and in 1938 he was still there and unmarried and working as a railway porter. "However, thanks to the efforts of Peter Easton, a volunteer with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the old broken headstone has been replaced and a private re-dedication ceremony will take place at 11.15am on October 19.
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