Harry was born in Southrepps on the 3rd January 1918 the youngest child of Charles and Laura Neeve of Lower Street. He attended Antingham and Southrepps School and married Queenie Lousia Youngs nee Burton-Pye at St James on the 6th May 1944.
Most of his working life was spent on the M&G.N. railway at Cromer Beach Station and Norwich City Stations. Except for the six years war service in the RAMC.
Whilst working as a shunter at Norwich City Station on the 15th November 1948, Harry was checking a goods train before releasing it to depart, when he noticed the hatch on an empty petrol tanker was open. He looked inside and saw railway fireman Leslie George Farrow(21) overcome by fumes inside. Harry climbed in through the 2ft diameter hatch but was himself affected by the fumes and had to come out to recover. He fetched help and with a rope climbed back in. This time it was possible to get Leslie out. Harry applied artificial respiration but was sadly unsuccessful.
On the 6th March 1949 at the Ailwyn Hall Norwich Harry was presented with the Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism Award, ‘the workers V.C’.
Harry Died in 1998.
The Order of Industrial Heroism was a private civil award given in the United Kingdom by the Daily Herald newspaper (The offical newspaper of the T.U.C)to honour examples of heroism carried out by ordinary workers. The medal of the Order was designed by sculptor Eric Gill and issued in bronze with a burgundy ribbon. The medal bears the image of Saint Christopher bearing the Christ Child.