On the memorial it is inscribed that he was killed in action in France, 1915
Private 622, 1/5th North Staffordshire Regiment died 5th April 1915 aged 33. Son of John Thomas and Hannah Bullock of 94, Franklin Road, Penkhull near Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire and husband of Mary Ellen of 31, Pleasant Row, Stoke on Trent
Commemorated on a family memorial in Hartshill Cemetery, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent Staffordshire.
Buried in Wulvergem Churchyard, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium