19 Sep 1896 –  Born at 3 Belsize Grove, Hampstead 19 Sep 1907

1907 – 31 July 1914  - Educated at Downside

7 Sep 1914 –  Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, 2/3 rd

Batn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Training in Kent.

31 Dec 1914 –  Arrives in Malta

24 Apr 1915 –  Moves to Khartoum. Garrison duty & guarding the railway

15 Sep 1915 – Leaves Khartoum en route for Gallipoli

30 Sep 1915 – Land in Suvla Bay – occasional skirmishes with the enemy

28 Nov 1915 – The great flood –  2/3rd London Regiment lose all but 50 men

Nov1915 – evacuated to Mudros for treatment of his frostbite

Jan 1916 – Returns to Egypt, France then back to UK in June

Jul 1916 – Declared unfit for general service on medical grounds.

Oct 1916 – Joins 4/3rds in Torquay.

17 Mar 1917 – Promoted to Captain.

May 1917 – Returns to the new 2/3rds near Bullecourt.

16 June 1917 – Assault on the Hindenburg Line near Bullecourt.

24 Aug 1917 – 2/3rds  moved to the Ypres theatre

Sep 1917 – two weeks in the trenches a few miles east of Poelcapelle

end of Sep - 23rd Oct 1917 – 2/3rds sent back to France for more training

23 Oct 1917 – arrives back at Poelcapelle before the next big push

26 Oct 1917 –  killed inaction leading his men.