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He grew up with his parents and four other siblings in Plymouth.
From Plymouth his family and he had travelled to Kidderminster; Devonport; Lower St. Budeaux; Falmouth
Whilst in Plymouth, he started school from the age of five.
He attended Cambridge Road Board School for a large fraction of his education.
In 1905, he had left school at the age of 12.
He later enlisted at 14 years old, to the Royal Marines as a Bugler in Plymouth, where he completed his education at Dartmouth College.
Married in 1921, with a son.
When he was young, he took up various jobs in Dartmouth: from doing paper rounds for Cranford’s Library, to running Wyman’s and Kingswear Bookstall, to even cleaning in a boot shop on Victoria Road.
He received pay as a Bugler, which increased once he switched paths and eventually climbed up the ranks.
After his hospital visit with neurasthenia, he was sent to do office work at Gosport on Home Base Ledger.
He had gone through several cases of unemployment during his lifetime, filling periods with minor jobs from the Exchange.
He served as a police officer following the Marines too.
Later on in life he worked as a clerk for the Police, as well as a clerical assistant.
He wrote an extensive account on life as a Bugler in the Royal Marines.
He participated in the First World War, and ended up suffering from neurasthenia.
Like other young boys, he was interested in trains and would spend hours watching an upright steam engine.
Whilst aboard ships he spent time reading books.
He was a member of the Red Cross Club.
This is a typed autobiography, totalling 142 pages.
Marines, Bugler, Private, [Family], War, [Travelling], [Illnesses] |