born 22.11.1920 Pontefract,Yorkshire
son of James Richard and Ellen Colley
educated Love Lane School,Pontefract
grocer's assistant,Featherstone in civilian life
RM 1941 (Plymouth)
RM Labour Corps 813,Scapa Flow,Orkneys
RMBPD 1942
SBS/COPP 1944-45
demobilised 23.3.1946
married Alma 23.6.1945 (died 2003)
baker and confectioner,South Emsall postwar (23 years)
sub-postmaster,South Emsall
retired to Pontefract
died 17.2.2013
