BORN HULL 1892. 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. EX RECKITTS WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/11/1916, AGED 24. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAM NEAL, 3RD NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED AT CHATHAM MILITARY HOSPITAL ON 15/08/1916. THE TWO BROTHERS ARE LISTED TOGETHER ON THE ST MARY’S LOWGATE MEMORIAL, HULL,
HIS OTHER BROTHER THOMAS NEAL, SERVED IN THE NAVY.