NEALE James H

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    H 
  • Surname:
    NEALE
  • Service Number:
    2476
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    7th Battalion
  • Unit:
    1st/7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Stourport, Worcestershire, enlisted Kidderminster, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Researched by Adrian Carter.

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NEALE James H Is Named On These Memorials

Stourport High School formerly in Stourport Boys School
Stourport War Memorial

Further Information About NEALE James H

James Neale was the son of Mrs Neale, 9, Baldwin Road, Stourport.  Previously employed at Messrs. T.B. Worth & Sons.  For four years he was in the local Territorials and went to France with the first draft of Worcesters, some eighteen months ago.  He was killed while in charge of a post in the front line.

Source for additional information: Kidderminster Shuttle 19th August 1916, Kidderminster Times 26th August 1916.

On the 25th July, the 1st/7th Worcesters were holding trenches South-West of Pozieres.

An obituary for James H. Neale appears in the Stourport Parish Magazine for December 1916.

James Neale has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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