BORN HULL 1898. SON OF THOMAS & BETSEY VEAL, OF 24 BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL. A PART TIME GARDENER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORRMERLY, PRIVATE, 23786, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTON, ON 23/10/1918, AGED 20. BURIED AT LE CHATEAU CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 25TH NOVEMBER 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
UNMARRIED HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, THOMAS. HE LEFT HIS BROTHER BOB VEAL, SERVING IN PALESTINE & SISTER CONNY.
First name:
THOMAS ERNEST
Military Number:
42042
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/10/1918
Place died:
Le Cateau Military Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
20
24 BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
