Neville Edward Lane
Attended Queen Elizabeth School from 1920 and 1926.
He was a member of the Old Elizabethans Society Cricket club and Dramatic Society. He also played football, hockey and cricket for local clubs.
He was employed as an architect's surveyor in his father's firm Messr Aubrey Lane and Sons.
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The second son of Aubrey and Fanny Lane of 6 Park Avenue, Mansfield. Aubrey was an architect as was Neville's older brother Philip.
In 1938 Neville married Joy Taylor and they lived at 8 Croft Avenue Mansfield. They had 2 children, Carole in 1938 and Peter in 1941. Joy remarried in 1947 to Frank King.
He was killed in a V-bomb attack on Antwerp. Antwerp was a major hub for Allied Forces after the invasion of Europe and was subjected to numerous V-bomb attacks. In a period of 175 days 2,342 V2 rockets fell on Antwerp and the surrounding area. Approximately 5,000 dead and 21,000 injured.
Neville was buried at Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwep plot V.C. 78
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