Abingdon and the First World War
Those Who Served
Giles
The Giles Family
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: GILES, Henry William
Status: Died
Address: 80 Ock Street
Rank: Private
Service No: 33158
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 1st
Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Chronology: from March 1916, France
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Place at death: France
Date of death: 30 August 1918
Born: Abingdon
Enlisted: Abingdon
Formerly: 27416, Hussars
Buried or Commemorated: Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Reference: Panel 3.
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Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: GILES, Sidney Albert
Status: Died
Address: 80 Ock Street
Rank: Corporal
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 2nd
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Chronology: from March 1915, France
Cause of Death: Killed
Place at death: France
Date of death: 27 May 1918
Buried or Commemorated: Unknown
Reference: Unknown
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Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: GILES, Cecil Percy
Status: Died
Address: 80 Ock Street
Rank: Private
Service No: 201281
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 6th
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Chronology: from March 1915, France
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Place at death: France
Date of death: 12 October 1917
Born: Abingdon
Enlisted: Reading
Resident: Abingdon
Buried or Commemorated: Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Reference: Addenda Panel.
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