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Henry Stephen Neal
1895 - 25/03/1918
Source: Bromley & District Times
Other Memorials: Raglan Road School
Place of birth: Bromley, Kent
Last known address in Bromley: 71 Pope Road
Last known address in Bromley: 71 Pope Road
Military information
Regiment/Service: Royal EngineersBattalion/Ship: 431st Field Coy
Rank: Lance Corporal
Number: 141902
Family information
Parents: Frank & Mary Neal (nee Collins)Parents' occupation: Stoker - Gas Works
Siblings: Mary Matilda, Annie, Frank (d), Rose (d), Albert George, Horace
Census information
1901Address: 27 Havelock Road
1911
Address: 43 Bloomfield Road
Occupation: Jobbing gardener
Extra details
Harry was the 6th of Frank and Mary Neal's seven children. The family moved from Tonbridge to Bromley in the early 1890s. His mother died in 1900, his father married Mary Sarah Salter in 1905. They moved to Sydenham C1915, sister Annie married Frank Jenner remaining in Bromley at 71 Pope Road.
After attending Raglan Road School he worked as a dairyman, transferring to munitions work when war broke out.
He enlisted in the Royal Engineers in September 1915. In December 1916 he was acting as an assistant instructor at Chatham. He was at the Front from March 1917 and due home on leave when he was killed.
His brother Albert also died. His other brother Horace died of influenza and cardiac failure on 24th May 1909 aged 12. The Bromley & District Times records him by name as being on the War Memorial. His sister-in-law's brothers Henry and Sidney Smith also died.
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