On the family memorial it is inscribed that he was killed in France, April 17th, 1918 aged 29.
Private (Jack) 12542, 8th North Staffordshire Regiment. Son of Horace and Emma
Commemorated on a family memorial in Hartshill Cemetery, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire.
Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium