"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, arrives at 112 Transit Camp, Calais, and is greeted by the commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel W C Furminger, with a glass of champagne. Rifleman Neale, of Hounslow, Middlesex, served as an officer's batman before demobilisation.