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Rfm. Charles Elvin Giles
British army 7th Battalion, B Coy, No.6 section King`s Royal Rifle Corps
from:131 Ladytwell Road
I am in possession of my father's army pay book and note book in which he has listed the men in his section,as follows:
Number 6 section B coy
8207 L/sgt. Lane L
R?986Cpl ?
R6264 L/cpl Giles C
R13492 Rfl. Adams. A
R18696 Rfl. Albam ?
R34487 Rfl. ??ing
R27375 Rfl. Lemon
R18040 Rfl. Butler
R21664 Rfl.Austin
R13104 Rfl. Lacy.C
Rl1731 Rfl. Lee.H
He also lists the soldiers in Sections 5,7 and 8 if these are of any interest I can send them on.
I am seeking the relevant war diary covering my father's service. I can tell you he was wounded twice.On one of these occasions whilst convalescing he was sent to Ireland to help with the Troubles there. I remember him saying he would prefer to have been in France where you could be shot from the front and not in the back!