Cpl. Samuel James Dyias Neely MM, L/13114 16th Lancers - LG 27th June 1918

[Ivor Anderson]

Cpl. Samuel James Dyias Neely MM, L/13114 16^th Lancers

MM listed in the London Gazette 27^th June 1918

From Kilkeel, Co. Down - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30768/supplement/7594

MM index card from TNA:

 

 

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[Ivor Anderson]

He was born in Fintona, Co. Tyrone 10th Nov 1884 and married in Belfast on 6th January 1913 (BC & MC from irishgenealogy.ie).

He was living in Newry Street, Kilkeel, Co. Down when he enlisted. Probably working as a tailor.

 

Edited 15 April , 2022 by Ivor Anderson

[Ivor Anderson]

Living with his parents & siblings (aged 26) in Fintona, Co. Tyrone in 1911 (census Ireland) family in Fintona on 1901 census too:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Fintona/Main_Street/872255/

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[Ivor Anderson]

Front: Vera (McBurney) Masterson, Jim Sloan, Isabella Bradley, Eleanor (Bradley) Sloan, Sam Neely, Elvira & Lola Neely, Agnes & Eleanor Sloan
Back: Sarah Jane McBurney, Tom Dawson, Maggie (Bradley) Neely

[Ivor Anderson]

Sam Neely's MIC off Ancestry:

[Matlock1418]

Disability Pension Ledger Index Card - front & rear

Disability Pension Index Card

Images courtesy of WFA/Fold3

Seems to have a Royal Irish Rifles, 6926, number too.

DEAD refers to the claim and not necessarily the man

M

Edited 16 April , 2022 by Matlock1418
added PIC and RIR details

[Ivor Anderson]

Thanks M. Strange that his 1918 MM LG entry says 'Kilkeel' and his pension card address was still 'Fintona'. He was a tailor in Kilkeel post WW1.

Ivor

Edited 1 January , 2023 by Ivor Anderson

[Matlock1418]

3 minutes ago, Ivor Anderson said:

Strange that his 1918 MM LG entry says 'Kilkeel' and his pension card address was still 'Fintona'. He was a tailor in Kilkeel post WW1.

The PLIC address was C/o WE Neely, Fintona - could it perhaps have just been a postal address for him???

M

[Ivor Anderson]

2 hours ago, Matlock1418 said:

Seems to have a Royal Irish Rifles, 6926, number too.

Thanks M. Yes his father William still lived in Fintona. He must have served with the RIR for a while after the war.

His military history on FMP shows that he served in SA :

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[Ivor Anderson]

Neely service history page from FMP:

Edited 16 April , 2022 by Ivor Anderson