He had fought in German South-West Africa (now Namibia) been wounded twice in action and fell victim, at 43, to the influenza epidemic which swept through a war ravaged world. He was a major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and had won the Military Cross.
He fought in German South-West Africa (now Namibia), where he sustained two injuries and ultimately lost his life due to illness at 43, amidst a global pandemic that ravaged a world still scarred by conflict. As a major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, he received the Military Cross.