Robin wrote:
Fought in WW1 as well I suppose?

Possibly but also very possibly not: coal miners were in a "reserved
occupation" so were not called up; and some of the many who
volunteered were sent back to their pits when it was realised that
they were worth more digging coal than digging trenches.

Indeed many miners volunteered as they thought fighting a war had better
conditions than coal mining.

I would have to check to see if he was or was not.

--
Adam