Description
He was born in St Andrews, Devon, on 2 December 1870 and entered naval service on 6 September 1886 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable. Promoted Able Seaman on 9 September 1890, he served as such in H.M.S. Philomel from 10 November 1891 to 30 November 1894 and in H.M.S. Doris from 18 November 1897, latterly as a Petty Officer 1st Class, to which rate he was promoted on 1 October 1899. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 February 1902 and spent most of the Great War at the shore base H.M.S. Vivid.
