"Demobilisation of the British Army" The four millionth British soldier to be demobilised, Rifleman John Neale, aged 31, of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, on a train heading from No.2 R.E.C. at Tournai to Calais from where he will catch a ship home. Rifleman Neale, of Hounslow, Middlesex, served as an officer's batman before demobilisation.