Name
Walter Gregory Neve
11 July 1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/08/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Searched but not found
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY, KRISTON
C. 514.
Greece
Headstone Inscription
BEATUS
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford College Memorial Hall, Bishop's Stortford, Tonbridge War Memorial Garden, Kent
Pre War
Walter Gregory Neve was born in Tonbridge on 11 July 1897, the son of Arthur and Margaret Neve. In 1901 the family were recorded as living in The Drive, Tonbridge, Kent. By 1911 they had moved to Pinnacles, Tonbridge, and Walter was boarding at The Clare School, Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville, Kent.
He then attended Bishop's Stortford College, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and when he left school he trained at the Inns of Court as a solicitor's article clerk, working with his father.
Wartime Service
Walter joined the Buffs East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion as 2nd Lieutenant. He went to Egypt in May 1916 where he saw much fighting and then to Greece where he was killed in action in Salonica on 25th August 1917.
Additional Information
His father was awarded a war gratuity of £5 and pay owing of £102 18s 3d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Tonbridgehistory.org.uk
