Abingdon and the First World War
Those Who Served
Miles
Percy Norman Avery Miles
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: MILES, Percy Norman Avery
Status: Died
Address: 56 East St Helen's
Rank: Private
Service No: 39152
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 2nd/7th
Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers
Chronology: from June 1916, France
Cause of Death: Missing presumed killed
Place at death: Passchendaele
Date of death: 9 October 1917
Born: Cowley, Oxon
Enlisted: Abingdon
Formerly: 2842, Royal Fusiliers
Buried or Commemorated: Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
There are entries in the Roll of Honour for other Abingdon men with this surname. To find them go to
Percy Norman Avery Miles worked in the Borough Surveyor's Department under Winship as a typewriter (typist). Winship described Miles as “sharp and intelligent” and was sorry to see him go when he joined up in 1916. Miles was listed as “missing presumed killed” at Passchendaele on 9 October 1917. He was nineteen and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial near Ypres.
The above is an excerpt from an article about George Winship and the Borough Surveyor's Department by Ruth Weinberg, published by the AAAHS on their "Abingdon Buildings and People" website. To read the full article, use the link below and then ensure that you click on the "long history" in the tabs at the top of the article.
https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/abingdon_people/george-winship
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