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{{Personnel
|id=2315
|Surname and forenames=Smiles Raymond
|Army number=14566970
|Rank=Private.
|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1924/25.
|Age=19 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Conscripted into the General Service Corps.  Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre - possibly Brancepeth.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry, and posted to the 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 19/6/1944 with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
|Died/Killed in action=19-Jun-44
|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of William and Mary Smiles, Eggleston.  Buried Grave XI. L. 9. Bayeux War Cemetery.  See Memorial description in Eggleston Church [http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7163 here].
|Image Name=P1180788.JPG
|Image Title=Headstone inscription, Family grave, Holy Trinity Churchyard, Eggleston. 
|Source table=10DLI
}}

The full image of the family headstone in Eggleston Churchyard is shown below:-

[[File:P1180787.JPG|800px|thumb|centre|Smiles family headstone in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Eggleston, Teesdale, County Durham.]]