Paul entered the war in France on 27th August 1914 with No 8 Stationary Hospital. He died when serving on H.M.H.S. "Salta" when it struck a mine and sank half a mile north of the Whistle Bouy, Havre, on 10th April 1917. Husband of Jane Pollard, of Glass Houghton, nr. Castleford, Yorks.