Notes
The following information was supplied by the school in 2024: 'Born 1893 in Kington. Father, Thomas, is the butler at Ridgebourne. Mother is Annie. Annie and the children noted in censuses as living at Heywood Common. 1911 living in London (8 Cadogan Place) as a chauffeur. Possible acting Warrant School master, 6.6.17 in Navy lists. Noted by LHS December 1914. Possibly Z/9172 Able Seaman on enlistment. Possibly June 1917, serving on HMS Inconstant, Light Cruiser, under Captain Francis A. Marten.'