BORN WIGAN, LANCASHIRE, 07/02/1898. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM VEAL (1870-1943) & GEORGINA JUBB (1874- 1947), OF 81 CLARENDON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 7, MAY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BAKER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER CYRIL. EX RECKITT’S WORKER, AT STONEFERRY, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 05/09/1916. POSTED TO THE WEST INDIES IN NOVEMBER 1917. SERVED WITH THE 2/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WORKED IN THE DOCKYARD AS A ARMY ARTIFICER IN THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER’S DEPARTMENT. DIED AT THE MILITARY HOSPITAL, BOAZ, IN BERMUDA, ON 03/10/1918, AGED 20. BURIED AT WATFORD CEMEMTERY, SOMERSET, BERMUDA. LETTERS FROM OFFICERS AND COMRADES STATE THAT HE WAS GREATLY LIKED AND RESPECTED BY ALL. HIS DEATH WAS RECORDED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 5, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 18/10/1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE RECKITTS WW1 MEMORIAL, HULL.
HIS ONLY BROTHER, CYRIL HAD DIED IN HULL IN 1917, AGED 17.
