BORN HULL 04/11/1891. SON OF JOSEPH HENRY NEAL (1857-1926) & WILHELMINA DARCY (1865-1948), OF 12, ST PAULS AVENUE, CHURCH STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 22184, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 3RD NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED AT CHATHAM MILITARY HOSPITAL, ON 15/08/1916, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOSEPH. HIS PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS WAS 12 ST PAULS SQUARE, CHURCH STREET, HULL.
HE IS RECORDED ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL, HULL.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, HERBERT NEAL, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/11/1916, AGED 24.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
24063
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/08/1916
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
25
