Service number:  6967

Battalion:  1st (Queen’s Own)

He also served as Private 7527 William Craig in the Border Regiment with whom he spent 8 years in Egypt.

He a reservist called up in October 1914 as part of the 1st Expenditionary Force.

He attended Salford’s Central Hall Mission and prior to the war worked for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railwa.

His brother Private 35919 Andrew Craig of the Cameroon Highlands was killed in active service on 10th May 1915.