Commemorated: | |||
1. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.130 | |
2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 34B GQS | |
3. Grave: | London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse | A.7 | |
Awards & Titles: |
Early Life :
Son of Mr. W. Neighbour, of 40, Thornton Avenue, Chiswick, London.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
Unit / Ship / Est.: Machine Gun Corps |
Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
Detail :
55854, Private William Neighbour, 21st Company, Machine Gun Corps.
Masonic :
Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
---|---|---|
Mother : | Hammersmith No. 2090 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
13th January 1916 | 9th March 1916 | 12th April 1916 |
26 year old Insurance Clerk from Chiswick (1916). War service is recorded in 1916 followed by "Killed i/a 9 Apl. 1917."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley
Last Updated: 2020-12-06 13:09:09