"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, at home with his wife. Here he cuts the cake given to him by the staff of 112 Transit Camp in Calais. Rifleman Neale, of Hounslow, Middlesex, served as an officer's batman before demobilisation.