Staff Sgt Major, Northumberland Hussars 1914-18 War
Registered as Clerk Collier's Office aged 18 living 80 Sidney Grove, Elswick with his siblings: Gertrude 16, William 13, Robert 11, Mabel 9, Arnold 6, Walter 2, Catherine Tindall aged 59 visitor, Edith Stott 17 General Domestic Servant - Parents Robert & Sarah both visiting friends Brompton on Swale, Yorkshire
Probate to his Widow Kathleen Marguerite Preston 9th January 1954
Reached the Rank of Staff Sergeant Major in the Northumberland Hussars during the 1st World War : 1914 - 1918.
Worked for Bedlington Coal Company, on his return from Active Service, as a Sales Manager.
