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Pte Walter Naulder
British Army Rifle Brigade
My grandfather Walter Naulder was with the British Expeditionary Force in the Rifle Brigade. He was the father to 4 boys (Walter born 1905, Edward born 1907, Arthur born 1910 and Albert Ian born 1914). He was severely wounded on 4th of October 1917, when he received shrapnel in his back whilst stretcher bearing and was paralysed from the waist down. He was sent home to England and ended up in a hospital for the incurable in Slough. Berkshire. Whilst in there his youngest son sadly died from whooping cough. His Army records show a rather callous note regarding his pension querying that he had 4 dependent sons, it says query Albert Ian. He was discharged from the army on 24th of April 1919.
He died in 1920, he never left hospital. He was buried in an unmarked grave. Due to the efforts of my cousin, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission have recently erected a headstone.
Pte. Robert Nay
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
from:Salisbury St., Uralla, New South Wales.
(d.10th Jun 1917)
Abraham Alexander Naylor
British Army 206th (Glasgow) Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Stoke on Trent
Pte Ezra Naylor
British Army 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
(d.6th August 1918)
Ezra Naylor is buried at Dive Copse British Cemetery, in France.
Hubert Hepworth Naylor
British Army 15th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regt)
from:Thatched Cottage, Burnage Lane, Didsbury, Manchester
(d.1st July 1916)
Hubert Naylor served with the 15th Battalion, Royal Scots and was killed on the 1st of July 1916.
Pte. John Naylor
British Army 7th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:Ashton-in-Makerfield
(d.20th Aug 1916)
John Naylor was admitted to the 1st Canadian Clearing Station in Bailleul on the 19th August 1916 suffering from severe wounds to the back and abdomen which were deemed too bad to treat. He died the following morning and is buried in Bailleul Cemetery Extension North.
Pte. Milford Naylor
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
(d.9th Nov 1915)
Milford Naylor was killed in Action on the 9th of November 1915
Pte. Tom Close Naylor
British Army 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment
from:Todmorden
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte Tom Henry Naylor
Btitish Army 1st Btn Essex Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.30th Nov 1917)
L/Cpl. Herbert Neail MM
British Army 16th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Nottingham
(d.25th March 1918)
L/Cpl. Herbert Neail MM
British Army 16th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Nottingham
(d.25th March 1918)
Harry Neal
British Army
Harry Neal born in 1865 was a veteran of the Boer War. He was recalled to service and was at Brocton Camp during WW1 serving as either a guard in the POW camp or as a trainer. I know this because I have a post card sent to my mother in 1916 on the occasion of her 7th birthday. The card is dated and the address is Brocton Camp. I have not been able to find other details of his service at Brocton.
Pte. J. Neal
British Army 9th Btn. Welsh Regiment
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Rfl. John Francis Neal
British Army 17th (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Clapton
(d.17th Sept 1915)
Pte. Josiah Neal
British Army Machine Gun Corps (Heavy)
I believe my grandfather, Josiah Neal, was taken prisoner of war in the 2nd Battle of Gaza and held at Afion in Turkey.
Pte. Noah Neal
British Army 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Rotherham
Noah Neal was born in Ickes, Rotherham on 5 December in 1885. He enlisted 15 July 1904 and was discharged wounded on 18th of March 1916. He was wounded in France, he was shot in temple and lost his eye. He was awarded a Silver War Badge (no. 1590).
Noah lived in Wickersley, Rotherham for many years with his wife and 6 sons. He and his wife, Lucy, retired to Kent and he died in October 1962 at Patrixbourne, Kent.
Lt. William John Thomas Neal DCM.
Australian Imperial Force. 13th Australian Machine Gun Coy
from:Allora, Queensland.
Billy Neal enlisted at Toowoomba, Queensland, he named his father, William Neal as his next of kin.
Pte. William Leonard Neal
British Army 91st Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Edmonton, London
(d.23rd November 1917)
William Neal was the Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Neal of 16 Huxley Rd., Upper Edmonton, London. He was 21 when he died and is buried in the Stradella Communal Cemetery in Italy.
Lt.Col. Algernon Hastings Campbell Neale
British Army 8th Btn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Lt.Col. Neale was the husband of Katherine E. Neale. He was 57 when he died of wounds and was buried in the Relizane Communal Cemetery in Algeria.
Pte. Charlie Henry Neale
British Army 10th (Battersea) Btn West Surrey Regiment (Queens)
from:Kettering, Northants
(d.6th Aug 1917)
Charles Neale was born and lived in Kettering, Northants, he enlisted in the town on the 30th of October 1915 aged 25 and served with the Northamptonshire Regiment. He was previously a Cabinet Maker of 190 Mill Road, Kettering, his next of kin is listed as his Father William Henry Neale of same address. On the 9th of January 1916 he was transferred to the 10th Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. He embarked for France on the 6th of May 1916.
Charles died of wounds on the 6th of August 1917, which he had received on 31st of July 1917. Gun shot wounds to left arm, both thighs, broken left thigh. He was treated by 140th Field Ambulance. Articles returned to his Father on 11th of February 1918 were, 2 pipes, a new testament, a damaged letter & photograph, a screwdriver & pair of pliers, identity disc & cap badge, 2 pencils, tobacco pouch and an unfinished letter receipt of these was signed for by Louisa Neale. His medals were sent to Louisa at 190 Mill Road on 31st of January 1918, Plaque and certificate were sent to her on 9th of February 1918.
Pte. Edgar John Neale
British Army 7th Btn. West Surrey Regiment
My fathers own father, Private Edgar John Neale G/13095, Queens Royal West Surrey Reg. 7th Btln., was injured twice, once on the Somme in Sept 1916 and gassed.
Edgar John Neale letter (27th October 1916) – transcript about the Somme
How a Kettering Soldier was Knocked out. (Kettering Leader newspaper)
Pte. E.J. Neale, of the Royal West Surrey’s (Queen’s) who is in an Oxford hospital, suffering from wounds received in France, has written to Mr. G. Horden, of High Street, Kettering. Amongst other items of information are the following :- "You did not know that I was in the Machine Gun Section. It is a hot job if they got to know whereabouts you are. The machine gun went out of action about a quarter of an hour before I got hit in the elbow. Then about five minutes afterwards I got hit in the jaw, but as soon as the machine gun went wrong, we had to pick up dead men’s rifles, as we had not time to put it right, as the Germans were getting all round us, so we had to open rapid fire. Then they got nearer, and we had a hand to-hand fight, which was not very pleasing, but it had to be done, or we should all have been wiped out.," speaking about a charge, "over the top", he says: "as soon as we started, the Germans shelled us, put the machine guns on us,…… and opened rapid fire….. our Corporal fell, and I dragged him into a shellhole and bandaged him up". ……"in another shellhole" he says "a shell dropped only three feet behind me, and happened to be a ‘dud’, and it only covered us with soil. After a little while, I got with some more of our chaps, and we went on further as they had quietened down a lot, and we got to where we wanted to get. Night was getting nearer, and when it got dark, they started shelling heavily. Eight of us had to hold a strong place at all costs. We did hold it, but what a time they gave us! But we gave them more than they gave us. We were glad to see the day break, for we were tired and hungry. We had still to keep on till I got the knock-out, when I came to my senses, I had lost a lot of blood”. He also relates how it took him about three hours to get back to the dressing station. He is now getting on well in hospital.
Edgar John Neale
British Army 7th Btn. Queens West Surrey Regiment
Edgar Neale was wounded and gassed, but he lived until 1981.
L/Cpl. George Neale MM & Bar
British Army 22nd Btn. (Trench Mortars) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blyth
(d.30th Aug 1916)
I was researching our Family Trees and attended a course at our local library. The tutor on the course was researching his ancestor in The Tyneside Irish and he was very interested when I told him about the MM and Bar of my husband's grandfather, George Neale. He arranged for my husband and I to accompany him to the Archives in Alnwick Castle. I did not find out much more than I had already researched.
However during the course I told the tutor that I remembered my uncle William Emmerson Metcalfe had several medals which I had seen when I was a child. I thought he was in the Durham Light Infantry, but after much searching on the internet I found he too had served with the Northumberland Fusliers and he too had been awarded the MM. He did survive the war and lived into his 70s. Other than his Medal card I could not find anything more as he and his family are all deceased now .
I thought that was the end of it until someone on one of my genealogy sites informed me that uncle Emmerson's medals were for sale at a Medal Dealers shop in Hexham. I was able to buy back the medals - I don't know how they came to be for sale - and now, along with George Neale's MM and Bar, we will pass them down through the family. Sadly, however, when George's widow died his other medals and many mementos were split among the family and are now in Canada with the family of George's only daughter.
This is not the end. On reading on your website today I think I am right in assuming that both George Neale and William Emmerson Metcalfe were involved in the same assault on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the day that George was awarded his MM. Emmerson Metcalfe had to wait until 2 Nov 1918 for his MM and he survived but George was killed on 30 Aug 1916 .
Pte. Herbert Cecil Neale MM.
British Army 132nd Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Kettering, Northants
Herbert Neale was wounded and gassed in July 1917. His Military Medal is noted in London Gazette of 22nd of January 1917, for actions during latter part of 1916. He was one of five brothers plus one brother-in-law to serve and be wounded, three of his brothers died.
Edgar John Neale 7th Btn. QRWS Reg. G/13095, wounded, gassed, Died 1981
George Peter Horden East Kent Reg 202625; Royal Warwickshire's 33975; wounded and survived war - died 1957.
Charles (Charlie) Henry Neale 10th Btln. QRWS G/10408 ex-Northants Reg 22389, Died 6th of August 1917, from wounds received on 31st of July 1917 in the Battle of Passchendaele). He is buried at CWGC La Clytte, Belgium.
Francis (Frank) William Neale 1st/4th Seaforth Highlanders S/43399. Died 16th of November 1918, Buried at CWGC Auberchicourt, France.
Arthur Percy Neale Suffolk Reg 12242 ex-Northants Died 22nd of December 1919.
Pte. Martin William Henry Neale
British Army 6th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
from:Coventry
My granddad, Martin Neale, took part in the Battle of Langemark in September 1917. His Battalion was part of the 20th Division alongside 6th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. He was wounded on the 20th of September 1917.
Capt. Philip Neale MC.
Canadian Expeditionary Force 44th Battalion
(d.10th Aug 1918)
Philip Neale is remembered on the Vimy Ridge memorial.
Thomas Neale
Royal Navy HMS Minotar
from:Blandford, Dorset
I am looking for any information about Tom Neale who served on HMS Minotaur, in the First World War, maybe prior, during and after.
Pte. William Henry Neale
British Army 6th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
(d.Chadwick End, Knowle)
My grandad, William Neale, took part in Battle of Langemark in 1917. He received a gunshot wound to his back on 20th of Sept 1917 and was sent back to Aston Hospital to recover where he met my nanna. He later went to Egypt with the 2/4th Battalion until 1919. He died in 1972
Pte. Anthony Neary
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.29th Jun 1915)
Anthony Neary was born in Coulkarney, Co. Mayo. He enlisted in Burnley and died on the 29th June 1915. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Pte Robert Neate
British Army 16th Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:121, Warren Rd., Washwood Heath, Birmingham
(d. 28th Jun 1917 )
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