BORN HULL 1892. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN & MARY NEYLON, THIS ADDRESS. HAD FOUR SISTERS AND A BROTHER MICHAEL NEYLON. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRES AT YPRES IN APRIL 1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SOMME BATTLE, 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 24. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 25/8/16, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER JOHN NEYLON. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
First name:
JOHN THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/5825
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
24
4 JOHN COURT, SPENCER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
