BORN HULL 1871. SON OF GEORGE NEALE (1824-1876) AND MARY LONGMAN (1828-1892). HIS FATHER WAS A RETIRED SEAMAN, BLINDED BY GUM POWDER. WHO WORKED AS A FURNITURE BROKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS WHO WERE ALL SHIP FOREMEN. HE ALSO HAD FOUR SISTERS.
EDUCATED AT PRYME STREET SCHOOL. HE RECEIVED HIS SHIP MATE CERTIFICATE, ON 27TH JANUARY 1894.
HE ALSO MARRIED SELINA WOOD (1866-1929), AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1894, AGED 24. HIS WIFE SELINA AND DAUGHTER, LEAN (1898-1994), LIVED AT NOS 3 & 119, BOULEVARD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). LATER SHE MOVED TO HARLAND WAY, COTTINGHAM, HULL.
JAMES NEALE WAS A MASTER SEA MARINER AND SKIPPER OF THE ARMED STEAMER “ROMEO”. LOST AT SEA, ON 03/03/1918, AGED 48.
HE LEFT £2,232, IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW SELINA, AT 3, BOULEVARD, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS).
HIS NAME IS REMEMBERED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS, TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON AND RECORDED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH ROH, BOULEVARD, HULL.
Romeo was a 1,730grt defensively-armed British merchant steamer. On the 3 March 1918 when 7 miles South from Mull of Galloway she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a submarine. 29 lives lost including Master.
ALLEN, JOSEPH (52), Fireman and Trimmer, Son of the late William and Catherine Allen; husband of Mary Allen (nee Worfield), of 72, Leyden St., off Commercial Rd., Liverpool.
ANDERSON, HERBERT (21), Assistant Cook, S.S. Romeo, Son of Robert Turner Anderson, of Ethelreda Mission House, Trippett St., Hull, and the late Martha Anderson,
BARGEWELL, GEORGE (48), Ship’s Steward (no. 130104), S.S. Romeo, Royal Navy, Husband of Mary L. Bargewell, of 61, Station Rd., Keyham Barton, Devonport,
BIRKINSHAW, RONALD , Signalman (no. London Z/2317), S.S. Romeo, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 03/03/1918, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
BLAIR, GEORGE (36), Third Engineer, S.S. Romeo, Son of Agnes Blair and the late Robert Blair; husband of Elsie Blair (nee Fisher), of 16, Blenheim St., Hull. Born at St. Andrews,
CARNEY, ARTHUR (29), Fireman and Trimmer, Son of Hannah Carney and the late William Carney; husband of Catherine Carney (nee Crowley), of 7, Blackstone St., Liverpool.
CARR, JOHN (40), Fireman and Trimmer, Son of Mary Carr and the late Edward Carr; husband of Cecilia Carr (formerly McNeil, nee Power), of 20A, Mount Vernon St., Liverpool. Born at Cavan, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
CROWTHER, CHARLES (21), Assistant Steward, Son of Charles James Crowther, of 12 Back, Leathley Square, Leeds, and the late Emily Crowther (Nee Robinson),
DEADMAN, ROBERT METHVEN (17), Wireless Operator, Son of Ernest Bezant Deadman and Helen Deadman, of 28, Manchester Rd., Reading, Berks,
FROMM, THEODORE HOWARD (33), Ship’s Cook, Son of Leopold Fromm, of 112, Palace Gates Rd., Alexandra Park, London, and the late Florence Fromm (nee Dell). Born at Norwood, London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
GUSTAFSON, HUGO (42), Carpenter, Husband of Margrethe Gustafson (nee Romfog), of 63, Venue St., Bromley Rd., Bow, London. Born in Sweden: Tower Hill Memorial
HARVEY, JOSEPH (24), Able Seaman, Son of the late William Joseph and Elizabeth Harvey; husband of Alice Harvey (nee Tyrrell), of 4, Cubbin St., Stanley Rd., Liverpool.
HELM, RICHARD JAMES (19), Able Seaman, Son of Richard and Martha Jane Helm, of 34, Cowper St., Bootle, Lancs. Born at Seaforth, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
HINES, THOMAS (36), Fireman and Trimmer, Son of the late Alexander and Sara Ann Hines; husband of Julia Hines (nee Kearney), of 370, Great Howard St., Liverpool.
KEARNEY, JAMES (19), Fireman and Trimmer, Son of Ann Carney, of 9, Newport Place, Liverpool, and the late William Carney, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
LEE, MARTIN (35), Seaman, Son of the late John Lee; husband of Harriet Lee (nee Collard), of 72, Hayles St., Southwark, London. B
