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Cleveland Road, Express & Star, George Neale, Great Western Railway, Handsworth, Raby Street, South Staffordshire Regiment
The Express & Star on 4 June 1915 showed this photograph of Private George Neale, of the 2nd Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment, who had been killed in action. The article included the information that he had worked on the Great Western Railway, lived at 17 Cleveland Road, Wolverhampton, and had served for seven years in the Army.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission confirms he died on 27 October 1914, and his regiment number was 8008. He is commemorated at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His medal index card includes his disembarkation date as 12 August 1914, and the Army Register of Soldiers’ Effects lists his next of kin as his mother Sarah, and brothers William and Alfred. He appeared with his family at Wallville Road, Handsworth, in the 1891 census, and at 91 Raby Street, Wolverhampton in 1901. By this date his mother had remarried and was now a Mullaney. If anybody has any additional information, we would love to hear it!
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He is recorded as working at the Engineering Department at Wolverhampton on the GWR Roll of Honour.
1881 census 26 peel st won family he not born
Parish won, county Staffordshire, archive ref rg11, piece no 2796, folio 76, page 6
1891 census Wallville red Handsworth
Parish handsworth, archive ref rg12, piece no 2259, folio 11, page 16
1901 census 91 Raby st won
Parish won, ward St Georges, dist wton, archive ref rg13, piece no 2683, folio 44, page 26
Mother remarried now a Mullaney
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