He left Liverpool in May 1914 and then joined the army: he was stationed in Ireland with the Royal Irish RiflesRangers' Players Who Served, Scotland's War and played for Linfield for two full seasons and part of a third, scoring the winning goal in the Irish Cup final of 1915 and winning the same trophy again a year later, as well as victories in the 1915–16 Belfast & District League and the 1916 Gold Cup.Linfield Irish Cup winning hero who served at WW1 front line trenches featured in book of former Liverpool players, Linfield FC, 27 November 2017 He left for the Western Front in December 1916 and was gassed in the trenches in 1917, but recovered and survived to the age of 68 living in his home town of Rutherglen.
