Thomas Henry Edom Veal was born in Sholing, Southampton, Hampshire, England in the Spring of 1874. He was the son of John Veal (1842-1920) and Ann Yates (b. 1843).
The biography is incorrect in that Thomas's son Leonard married Winifred Walker. They lived in Woolston, Southampton and had four children, Pamela, John, Roger and Marilyn.