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Private Vance Le Roy Neily

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1889-03-12
Place of birth: East Brooklyn Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Margaret A Neily (Wife) Middleton NS
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Steam Fitter
Occupation (normalized): Other Machinery Fitters and Machine Assemblers
Address: Middleton Nova Scotia
Date of death: 1917-08-17
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Loos British Cemetery, 2, Mem. 18.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 734056
Highest Rank: Private (25th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 25th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1916-02-05 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack North West of Lens. (Hill 70)
Commemoration location: Middleton NS war memorial

Images

Middleton NS war memorial

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 562598
LAC ID: 557989
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B7259-S032
Uploader's Notes:

Son of John Primose and Clara Bella Zulene Dodge Neily. Brother of - George Fremont Neily who was killed in action on April 9, 1917. - Lens Canadian Cem. No.

Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 112th Battalion.

Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948" database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 112th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 25th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-11