His story
Edward Neighbour was a labourer.
The research register names Mary Neighbour as his wife.
He served as a sergeant in the Army Veterinary Corps, under service number SE/5337. He was attached to Honourable Artillery Company.
He died on 30 December 1917, aged 32. He is commemorated on the Chatby Memorial.
Before the war
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Family
- Mary Neighbour - wife
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Sergeant
- Service number
- SE/5337
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Attachment
- Honourable Artillery Company
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 30 December 1917
- Age
- 32
- Cemetery or memorial
- Chatby Memorial
Connected men
- Lancelot Robert George COLLINGSAlso commemorated at Chatby Memorial
- Phillip PROSSERAlso commemorated at Chatby Memorial
- James Pryce ROBINSONAlso commemorated at Chatby Memorial
- Ernest William SCUTTAlso commemorated at Chatby Memorial
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- Research record number: 283
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Edward Neighbour”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/neighbour-edward-se-5337/.
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