Sorry Micheal,
Looking at his medal card when I was writing the text to you. It was from the web site Military Genealogy where his details of enlistment are. It mentions Newcastle as his place of birth and his place of enlistment but the New Mills comes from a document a relative has, his army records, where it mentions New Mills as a place of birth, Northumberland! Sorry about that, I've seen his medal card and there isn't much on it. He never got a pension so he's not listed there either. There are no parents names mentioned on any documents so we're at a loss...I'll keep searching it's bound to come to light some time!
Cheers
Chappie
