Tony Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 A good reason for not having pockets as full as I'd like them to be (who has?). I'll be trying to do a little research on the casualties and will post what I can in due course, have already had some help on J W Hilleard and G Stevens.From top to bottom and left to right we have:A book, Locations of British Cavalry, Infantry and MG Units 1914-1924 (will do look ups for anyone interested)2 wound stripesVictory medal to 1133 Dvr. A R Neal of the RA14-15 Star to 3-8472 Pte. E Neal, 23 Batl. Northumberland Fus., Tyneside Scottish. DoW 27.8.17 14-15 Star to S-9617 Pte. F J Neal, Rifle BrigadeLetter from Record's Office to Mrs Neal regarding the Victory medal to her son, 46051 J W NealDeath plaque to 46051 Pte. James William Neal, 8 Batl. Northumberland Fus. Killed 14.3.17 Pair and ID disc to G/7620 William John Hilleard, 11 Batl. Queen's Regt. Royal West Surrey. Killed 27.7.17Trio to 2656 Pte. George Stevens, 22 Batl. Queen's Regt. Killed 16.9.16Pair to 348606 A F Neal, RAAll well worth the money I paid even though I paid premium prices for some of them.Tony
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Nice, nice, nice !!Neally nice in fact
Tony Posted February 18, 2006 Author Posted February 18, 2006 Neally nice in fact Neally nice Cheers Chris
GraemeR Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Cracking stuff there.Are any of the Neal's related to each other?
David Gregory Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Tony,Great stuff. I also find it hard to resist research opportunities (much to the detriment of my wallet).Look forward to some of the research results and possibly a visit or two to the places where those guys saw action.David
Tony Posted February 18, 2006 Author Posted February 18, 2006 Hello Graeme,I?m having a bit of difficulty tracking them down, two were in the Northumberland Fusiliers, and one of them (Ernest Neal) has turned up on the 1901 census as being 15 days old in 1901 making him more than just a touch under age, no older than 16 when he died of wounds on the Somme. Ernest is called Edward on the medal roll, Ernest on the SDGW cd and plain old E Neal on the CWGC. I also have a trio to a William EJ Neal from Hackney, possibly a relation who happened to have a twin brother but I haven?t found anything else as yet. David,I?ll keep you posted but I can feel an urge for booking a cheap flight and visiting the PRO. I actually paid for some of the details on George Stevens and will collect the documents when back home in March. Hopefully I?ll have the chance to stop off at the old drill hall in Bermondsey and take a pic of the Roll of Honour. George isn?t on the local war memorial or mentioned in the National Roll of the Great War.I've been to where Pte. Hilleard was killed and took some photos already.Tony
GraemeR Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 The underage chap sounds very interesting. Certainly plenty of research to while away your hours for the next few months.Look forward to hearing more in the future.
deptfordboy Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Super items Tony, good to see you have been keeping busy! Just the QSA to Forrester now and you can stop collecting Gilbert
John Germ Posted February 19, 2006 Posted February 19, 2006 Hi Tony,You're very lucky to be able to get medals to your family name. I still only have the one Victory to BANFIELD which you pointed me in the right direction to. Those medals of yours do look lovely though!! John Germ
Tony Posted February 19, 2006 Author Posted February 19, 2006 Thank you Mr Germ.Gilbert,There still are a few more Neal's out there as well as my gg uncle Bob Yelf's pair, my g Grandad Arthur Thurston's pair and those of my gg uncle Fred Buckett but will be more than happy with Tom Forrester's QSA, last seen by my Mum's (in her hands) in the 1940s but stolen from my Grandad in the 70s.Tony
deptfordboy Posted February 19, 2006 Posted February 19, 2006 Hi Tony, That's sad to hear about the medals being nicked - how did it happen? My Great Grandfather was in the 19th (St Pancras) London Regiment, was gassed but survived, gave his medals to my Granny, and they were them nicked out of a tea-chest when they moved in the 1960's. I still hope that they will surface on Ebay one day...Gilbert
Tony Posted February 19, 2006 Author Posted February 19, 2006 Hi Tony, That's sad to hear about the medals being nicked - how did it happen? My Great Grandfather was in the 19th (St Pancras) London Regiment, was gassed but survived, gave his medals to my Granny, and they were them nicked out of a tea-chest when they moved in the 1960's. I still hope that they will surface on Ebay one day...GilbertNo one really knows Gilbert. My Grandad was burgled several times in the 70s but at least Tom's BWM wasn't taken, that's the only named family medal I have.My Mum's family has been in Bermondsey since the 1790s so they tended to join the Queen's. Arthur Thurston (my Dad's Grandad) was from the Elephant and was a pre war part timer in the 12th London's (Camberwell) being invalided out in 1915, then the RGA and Labour Corps.Tony
Bob Hunter Posted February 20, 2006 Posted February 20, 2006 Tony, no pain, no gain! Keep up the good work.
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