George Neale
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| Full name | George Henry Neale | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 January 1869 Reigate, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 September 1915 (aged 46) Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais, France | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| 1902 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 January 2021 | |||||||||||||||
George Henry Neale (31 January 1869 – 28 September 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of Sisson Watts Neale, a brewer, and Mary A. Neale, he was born at
British India in 1897, seeing action during the Tirah campaign,[1] while the following year he was promoted to captain in December 1898.[3] Returning briefly to England in 1902, Neale played in a first-class cricket match for the Marylebone Cricket Club against London County at Lord's.[4] He was dismissed twice in the match without scoring by George Gill, with London County winning by 10 wickets.[5]
Returning to British India, he later served in
First World War began in July 1914. He sailed with the regiment back to Britain, arriving on Christmas Eve.[1] He arrived in France with his battalion in January 1915, and soon after saw action at the Second Battle of Ypres, where he commanded B and D companies of the battalion. Following the death of his commanding officer during the battle, Neale took command of the battalion.[1] He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel in May 1915.[9] In September of that year, he participated in the Battle of Loos, where the Middlesex's fought alongside the East Kent Buffs. Attacking a German trench, initial progress for the Middlesex's was good, but casualties began to mount in the face of heavy machine gun fire. Neale was killed in action while ordering his men to withdraw. He was survived by his wife, Agatha Augusta Downie.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1473864191.
- ^ a b "No. 26801". The London Gazette. 8 December 1896. p. 7228.
- ^ "No. 27043". The London Gazette. 17 January 1899. p. 299.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Neale". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v London County, 1902". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by George Neale". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Peshawar v Oxford University Authentics, 1902/03". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "No. 28504". The London Gazette. 16 June 1911. p. 4510.
- ^ "No. 29245". The London Gazette. 27 July 1915. p. 7445.