Born on 1st October 1925.

Enlisted 1st June 1944 with the Queen’s Royal West Surrey, service number 14775009.

Source: Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Regimental Rolls; Reference Number: 7791/1/2/15

He transferred to the Buffs on 20th September 1945, service number 8899.

He married Lilian E. Stiles in the first quarter of 1951.

In the 1960s, they lived in Paxton Court, Armfield Crescent, Mitcham.

He died in 2002, aged 77.