He was riding his bike down Gravelly Hill, when the wheel caught the tram tracks and threw him into the path of a steam lorry and was killed. He had arranged to go on holiday to see the sea for the first time, the week after he was killed. He worked for a firm of printers in Steelhouse Lane. Uncle William threw his cap onto a lean-to, and when trying to recover it with a stick, accidentally caught granddads eye with the stick.
He had just started work and was taking his first wages home when he was killed
