Lance Corporal George Fremont Neily
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Neily,
George Fremont
Date of birth: 1883-06-03
Place of birth: Middleton Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Clara Belle Neily (Mother) Middleton Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Police
Occupation (normalized): Policeman and other Maintainers of Law and Order (except Military)
Address:
1340 Hastings St. E. Vancouver BC
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, A. 36.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 645977
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(54th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lance Corporal, 54th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Sergeant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack South East of Souchez (Vimy Ridge)
Commemoration location: Middleton NS war memorial
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 618566
LAC ID:
557984
Service file: B7259-S027
Uploader's Notes:
Son of John Primose and Clara Bella Zulene Dodge Neily. Brother of Vance Le Roy Neily who was also killed in action on August 17, 1917.
Served in the RCMP for 3 years, Winnipeg Police for 5 years and the RNWMP for 1 year. Attested into the 158th Duke of Connaught's Own.
Uploader's Research notes:
158th Battalion Nominal Roll
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
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-11