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Rfmn. David Giles
British Army 9th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Old Arlesford, Hampshire
(d.22nd June 1915)
David Giles was my great uncle on my mother's side. David was the son of Henry and Lucy Giles of Barton Cottage, Old Alresford, Hampshire. He enlisted in the 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade in WW1 and was killed on 22nd of June 1916 aged 21 years.
He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium and on a plaque in Old Alresford Church.