Date of Death	5 July 1916
How he died	Illness – heat stroke
Rank	Private
Service Number	16418
Age at time of death	23
Employment Before Joining up	Fitter at Messrs. Bamfords
Address	Short Street, Uttoxeter (mother and siblings) Stone Road, Uttoxeter (self)
Awards
Regiment	North Staffordshire
Unit	7th Bn.
Where Killed or died	Mesopotamia - Basra (Iraq)
Location of Grave or Memorial	Basra War Cemetery - Grave V. Q. 6.

He had been in the Territorials for 4 years when the war broke out, and was employed as a fitter at Messrs. Bamfords.

He was serving in Mesopotamia, and had already been wounded and recovered before being struck down by the oppressive heat. He died from the effects of the heatstroke.

News of his death came to his mother in the form of conflicting reports in July and August 1916.

Initially, in July 1916, she was told that he had died in hospital in Bombay from the effects of heatstroke. After several weeks of mourning she received notification in August 1916  that he was actually alive and in hospital in Mesopotamia suffering from heat stroke. A week after that she received yet another notification, this time saying that he had definitely died from heat stroke in Mesopotamia.

The roll of honour says that he died at Basra.