BORN HOLME ON THE WOLDS, EAST RIDING, 07/07/1895. SON OF WILLIAM TEAL (1858-1929) AND MARGARET ELIZA THURLOW (1858-1918). SON OF A BLACKSMITH. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A SINGLE MAN. HE RESIDED BEVERLEY. EMPLOYED AS A JOINER FOR MESSERS HOTHAM, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED AT DRIFFIELD, ON 02/02/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 35.5 INCHES TALL. EX PRIVATE, 3212 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND 4TH EYR. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/07/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT, ON 17/07/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/06/1917, AGED 22.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS PARENTS, WILLIAM AND MARGARET TEAL.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL ROLL OF HONOUR AND THE LUND VILLAGE MEMORIAL WHERE SEVEN TEALS SERVED IN WW1. HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ERNEST TEAL, 201783, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 30. TWO SONS LOST IN TWO MONTHS, 1917.
