He briefly worked as a carman from 1917 and in 1918 enlisted in the Royal Navy as a stoker and served until 1923.
In the Second World War he was recalled as a Naval reservist and rose to the rate of Leading Stoker.
A devout Roman Catholic, he was known as a campaigner against prostitution, which was a big problem in his constituency.
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