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Service No: S/14757, Private Charles James Neville was the son of James H. and Agnes W. Neville, of 41, Mosspark Drive, Mosspark, Glasgow.//

Probably attestted with the battalion in mid October 1914. RIP.

Born Partick. Appears on 1901 Scottish census as a 5-year-old living with parents and 1-year-old brother at 15 Church Street, Govan.

From an excellent website giving the history of 6th Battalion Cameron Highlanders: special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/sep2005.html On 23rd September 1915, the 6th Camerons were ordered to begin moving up to the firing line. On Saturday 25th September, the Battle of Loos began. It was the first attack by the Allies on a large scale, made possible by the arrival of Kitchener's volunteers in vast numbers. It was not a success. John Kenneth Bulfin-Crawford, a private with the Camerons, sums up one of the main causes for defeat in his active service diary, the lack of support. He also laconically notes the 'heavy casualties'. From the diary of James Campbell a 6th Camerons Lewis Gunner: excerpt of entry for 25th September 1915 the first day of the Battle of Loos. The 15th (Scottish) Division, which included the 6th Camerons, were given a final objective of some high ground nearly five miles away. The distance to be covered incorporated two villages, Hill 70 and three well fortified German trench systems. The Camerons were in the second line of attack. On the 24th they spent an uncomfortable and sleepless night in a communication trench, with shells 'screaming on all sides'. At 5.50 on the morning of the 25th they moved towards the firing line: 'we were all keyed up with excitement at the prospect'. Campbell's section reached the front line at 8am. By this time, the first of the wounded were already making their way back and the 'dressing stations were packed'. At this point, however, the attack had gone quite well: the German front line had been captured, taking the village and hill behind. The Camerons were at first engaged in digging new communication trenches and then were sent over the top to help defend the left flank of the division. By now, those in the first line of attack were being forced to fall back. According to Campbell, 'by the time we got out they had had to retire to this side of the crest, having been well over it. It was hard lines'. Many of the 6th Battalion were killed and wounded attempting to form new positions, having to traverse open ground at the mercy of heavy machine gun fire from higher ground around Hill 70. As Campbell reports, 'the place was absolutely swept by rifle fire ... we lost, out of a section of 25 men, 5 men in as many seconds'. The Camerons were engaged in heavy fighting for Hill 70 for the rest of the day. Lack of reinforcements was a huge problem. As Campbell records, 'we had no one on our left all day, but we hung on like grim death until night came'. //

From the City of Glasgow Roll of Honour 1914-1918 transcribed for the web by the Scottish Military Research Group this entry - NEVILLE Charles J Private, Cameron Highlanders, 13 Craignethan Gardens, Partick

The caption should be corrected. This is a photo of air mail pilot Wayne G. Neville (1899-1928), not air racer Harold Neumann. See: www.airmailpioneers.org/content/Pilots/Neville.htm www.findagrave.com/memorial/34727109/wayne-g.-neville

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Second Lieutenant William Sim Neville RGA was the son of John and Flora Neville of Glasgow and the husband of Janet McNeil Neville. He and his wife lived at 3 Pangrove Terrace, Glasgow West. He was educated at Barton House School in Cambridgeshire and is commemorated on a memorial plaque of old boys, now in the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire. 2Lt Neville was probably an artillery Forward Observation Officer. At 12.35pm on 25th September 1916, 5th Division launched a large attack to take the fortified strongpoint in the village of Morval, part of a deep defensive line on the Morval to Les Boeufs ridge.//

In 1891 the Nevilles were living at 27 Melville St, Glasgow Govan. maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf... William was 5mths old and so we can assume he was probably born at this address. He had 2 older sisters, Daisy and Dorothy. The details cannot be viewed but the family employed a General Servant, 20yr old Annie McIsaac from Jura, Argyllshire. By 1901 they had moved to 28 Princes Square and William had a younger brother, John, aged 7. Mr Neville was a Distiller. The family employed 21yr old Mungall Johnston as a General Domestic Servant. William's Medal Roll Index Card gives the address for his widow as: c/o J Browne Esq, 3 Parkgrove Terrace, Glasgow. maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf... Date of entry into Theatre of War 5th August 1916. From The Supplement to the London Gazette 14th April 1915 Royal Garrison' Artillery. The undermentioned Cadets and ex-Cadets of the Officers Training Corps to be Second Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 10th April, 1915: — William Sim Neville. www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29130/supplements/3688/pa... The Roll of Honour at Wisbech, Old Bartonians War Memorial repeats the wrong address for William and his wife (Pangrove, rather than Parkgrove) www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/WisbechOldBartonian...

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Cushing_Neville "Wendell Cushing Neville (May 12, 1870 – July 8, 1930) was a major general of the United States Marine Corps. He was a Medal of Honor recipient and 14th Commandant of the Marine Corps between 1929 and 1930."

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