Career
He became a councillor in Deptford in 1909, its mayor 1920-1922, and in 1944 became the first freeman of the borough. Between 1920-1922, he was As part of his duties, on 22 March 1921, he unveiled the First World War memorial. Between 1935-1947, he was Political Secretary of the Royal Arsenal Company-operative Society, the only Company-operative Society to be affiliated to the Labour Party nationally.
Between 1941-1942 he was chairman of the Labour Party.
