Charles Neal
View Charles on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
40960
Rank:
Private
Service:
North Staffordshire Regiment
Origin:
Date of birth:
31 July 1886
Date of death:
19 October 1917
Age at Death:
31
Known information
Charles Neal was born in Sudbrook, Lincolnshire on 31 July 1886, the son of Thomas and Kate Neal. The family moved to Normanton Cottages in Empingham and then to Keisby, near Bourne. After joining up he served with the 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. Charles went to the Western Front on 15 August 1917 as one of 84 new drafts and probably saw action in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) near Hill 60 in September. But he became ill and died in hospital from dysentery on 19 October. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France, grave XXX.E.6A, and is remembered on Empingham's war memorial.
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A picture of Mr Neal's headstone By John Stokes on Tuesday 20th September '16 at 5:08am
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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