Military service
Service number:
645977
Age:
33
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
June 3, 1883
Middleton, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
March 4, 1916
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 36.
Memorial:
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Additional information
Son of John Primose and Clara Bella Zulene Dodge Neily. Brother of Vance Le Roy Neily who was also killed in action on August 17, 1917.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal George Fremont Neily
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Photo of George Fremont Neily
"Mont" Neily -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery located on the grounds of the Vimy Memorial Park on Vimy Ridge, just outside of Neuville-St Vaast, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery
The Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, located on the grounds of the Vimy Memorial Park on Vimy Ridge, just outside of Neuville-St Vaast, France.(J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal George Fremont Neily
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal George Fremont Neily
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal George Fremont Neily
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal George Fremont Neily
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal George Fremont Neily
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 300 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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