"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, bids farewell to his comrades at Headquarters Lines of Communication, Brussels, Belgium, as he heads towards Calais and a ship home. Rifleman Neale, of Hounslow, Middlesex, served as an officer's batman before demobilisation.