Military Career
He was 25 years old, and a lieutenant in The King's Royal Rifle Corps, attached to Pioneer Coy., Gold Coast Regiment, West African Frontier Force, and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 17 November 1914 in the Cameroons, Nigeria.
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