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Rank : WOII RQMS

Army Number : 6/10110 - 3239

Unit : 6th & 14th Bns

Biography :

Served in the Regiment WW!.

Attestation Papers 12.10.1891: Short Service 7 years with the Colours and 5 years Reserve in the Leicestershire Regiment - No. 3239 James McCutcheon McNeice born Londonderry, 18 years, Carpenter.

Statement of Service: Leic Regt Depot Attested Pte 12.10.1891 - 2nd Bn appointed unpaid L.Corpl 4.8.1892 - 2nd Bn appointed paid L.Corpl 1.2.1893 - 2nd Bn promoted Corpl 20.5.1893 - 2n Bn appointed Lance Sergeant 2.6.1896 - promoted Sergeant 27.3.1897 - elected to come undder the conditions of Royal Warrant dated 2.4.1898 - transferred to 1st Class Army Reserve 12.10.1898 - recalled to Army Service under Special Army Order 11.11.1899 Unfit - recalled to Army Service under Special Army Order 26.12.1899 - 2nd Bn transferred 6.2.1900 - Depot 7.6.1902 - retransferred to 'A' Reserve 18.2.1903 - Discharged Sergeant 11.10.1903.

Military History Sheet: Home 12.10.1891 to 6.2.1900 8yrs 118 days - Egypt 7.2.1900 to 20.6.1902 3yrs 134 days - Home 21.6.1902 to 11.10.1903 1yr 113 days - total service 12 years. NOK: Father James McCutcheon, mother Eliza (QMS Depot Leic Regt) - Brothers (younger) William, Thomas, Henry, sisters: Jane, Edith, Annie, Catherine. Military character on release to Army Reserve: Very Good.

Statement of Services of 3239 James McCrutcheon Mc Neice - Leicester Regt attested Sgt 16.10.03 - Discharged End of Engagement 15.10.07 - 4 years service - married: Dora McNeice, sons James McCutcheon 6 & Albert Montague 4 - address Waldeck House, South Wigston.

Attestation Papers 17.8.1914: James McCutcheon McNeice - age 40 years 337 days - 6 Gerrard Street, Leicester - married - previously served in the Leicestershire Regiment discharged TE 15.10.1907 - for a term of 3 years, unless the War lasts longer than three years - dated 17.8.1914 - willing to allot 1/3rd of pay to wife.

British Army WWI Pension Record: Joined Leicestershire Regiment at Depot as Private 18.8.14 - promoted Sergeant 18.8.14 - joined 6th Bn Leics Regt 24.8.14 - appointed acting CQMS 22.10.15 - confirmed in rank 11.12.15 - posted Depot CQMS 7.9.16 - Training Reserve 14th Bn attached CQMS 17.10.16 - Transferred to 14th Training Bn 30.12.16 - Notts & Derby Regt appointed Acting RQMS 21.9.18 - Permanently transferred to Leicester Regt a/RQMS 15.11.18 - attached Notts & Derby 22nd Bn a/RQMS 15.11.18 - Re-transferred Notts & Derby Regt 52nd Bn a/RQMS 8.2.19 - Volunteer Reserve for one year to 1.2.20, 23.4.19 - 52nd Bn Entitled to full War Bonus 28.6.19.

Military History Sheet: Home British 17.8.14 to 28.7.15 346 days - Expeditionary Force France 29.7.15 to 6.9.16 1yr 40 days - Home British 7.9.16 to 1.3.19 2yrs 176 days - France 2.3.19 to 30.8.19 182 days - Home 31.8.19 to 31.12.19 123 days - total service 5yrs 137 days. Medals: Victory, British War & 1914-15 Star. NOK wife Dora McNeice, 6 Gerrard Street, Leicester. Woman to whom married: Dora Charlotte Hemmings (spinster) - married St Thomas Church Glen Parva and South Wigston 29.4.1897 - vicar WG Whittingham witnessed James Bell & Jane McCutcheon McNeice.- children: James McCutcheon 3.3.1898 Cork Barracks - Montague 3.12.1899 Wigston - Ivy Kathleen 12.5.1904 - Frank Eric 13.8.2008 Leicester - Clarence William 18.3.1916 Leicester.

Brother killed in action:

McNEICE, ALBERT MONTAGUE
Rank: Private
Service No: 72107
Date of Death: 24/08/1918
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Devonshire Regiment 1st/5th Bn.
Grave Reference:I. H. 13.
Cemetery: DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Dora Charlotte McNeice, of 92, Andrews St., Hinckley Rd., Leicester.

Date of Birth : 1873

Place of Birth : Londonderry, Co Antrim

Civil Occupation : Carpenter, Clerk

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW, 19.4.1898

Places Served : Egypt & France