His parents received a letter a fornight after his death from his officer. It read "He and another of the signalling section were killed instantaneously from the explosion of a shell during a heavy bombardment of our headquarters. I cannot express to you the very personal loss his death means to me, for he was the finest of a very fine group of boys, always cheerful, willing and ever a decided good influence amongst his comrades. His death was absoloutely instaneous and a further consolation to you may be to know that we buried him in an authorised British Cemetery, where a cross will be placed, and the grave registered. Perhaps, later on, I may be able to give you precise details as top where he lies."

He was a member of St. Oswald's choir and other casualties amongst this choir group are Oswald Dunn, Edward Ward, Henry Perryman, Herbert Ellerker and Robert Watkinson.