RSM – 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) 1917-1919
Regimental Sergeant Major – 1927-1936
- Born 1896
- Prewar employment as a cutter
- Sgt 1916, wounded at Chateau Dugouts Ypres salient April 1916
- No 2 Coy Mt Sorrel June 1916
- As Sgt becomes CSM No 2 Coy after Mt Sorrel
- Awarded DCM as CSM Jan 1917
- Promoted RSM at 22 years of age
- Hospitalized with fever and CSM Matthews A/RSM until return
- RSM until demobilization 1919
- Becomes RSM 48th Highlanders 1927