Prior 1908 - Boy Clerk at Kew Observatory.

1908 - Clerk Assistant at Eskdalemuir Observatory.

1913-1919 - Met Office, South Kensington.

1915 - RNVR Lieutenant.

1919 - RAF Flight Lieutenant.

1918 - Patents Weighing and filling Pilot Balloon improvements.

1920 - Produces first Met Office internal report for transatlantic flights.