Private Frederick John Garside Neville.
He was born in 1894 in Hoxton, the eldest of at least seven children of Frederick George Garside Neville (1871-1939) and Florence Neville née Whitehouse (b.1875). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1894 in the Shoreditch registration district and his father was a gold and silver stick mounter. His brother Frederick James Garside Neville was born in 1895 but died, aged 7 months, in February 1896 when the family were living at 9 Moneyer Street, Hoxton,
The 1901 census shows him living at 59 Britannia Street, Hoxton, with his parents, his sister Florence Clara Garside Neville (1896-1949) and brother Albert Henry Garside Neville (1898-1972). In the 1911 census he is recorded as a fitter's improver at a metal works living at 32 New North Road, Hoxton, with his parents and siblings: Florence Clara Garside Neville, who was a cigar leaf stripper, Albert Henry Garside Neville, who was listed as a school and milk boy, Grace Lillian Garside Neville (1902-1931), Edith Mary Ann Garside Neville (1907-1913) and George Sydney Garside Neville (1910-1940).
He enlisted in the 4th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), service number 1568, and entered France on 6 January 1915. He died of wounds, aged 20 years, on 30 April 1915 in No.14 General Hospital, Boulogne, France, and was buried in Plot 1, Row F, Grave 16, in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery, 37B Rue René Cassin, 62930 Wimereux, Pas de Calais, France.
On 8 October 1915 his army effects totalling £2-15s-5d were sent to his mother and she was sent his £3-0s-0d war gratuity to her new address of 66 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, on 22 July 1919. He was posthumously awarded the 1914-1915 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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