Lives of the First World War

Private Ernest William Neal, 10th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Ernest William Neal (recorded in some records as Neale) was born in Copt Heath in 1898 and was the fifth of the seven children of parents George (a labourer) and Mary Ann (née Duffin) who had married in Lapworth in 1890. One of the children, Kathleen died in 1897, aged eight months. Ernest became a groundsman at Copt Heath Golf Club before enlisting in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Warwick. He was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. He is also commemorated at the Soldier’s Chapel, Knowle and on the Solihull war memorial, as well as on the roll of honour at Copt Heath Golf Club. Tracey. Solihull Heritage & Local Studies Librarian

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