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|Army number=4457965
|Army number=4457965
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Date of birth=Born 1918/19.
|Age=21
|Age=21
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
|Home address=Son of James and Bertha Miles, Annfield Plain.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 5, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
|Home address=Son of James and Bertha Miles, Annfield Plain.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 5, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
|Image Name=Miles_R_W_4457965.JPG
|Image Title=L/Cpl R W Miles' CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
|Source table=1TS
}}
}}

Revision as of 11:40, 22 November 2016

Personnel Entry

L/Cpl R W Miles' CWGC headstone.
L/Cpl R W Miles' CWGC headstone.

Name Miles Robert William
Army number 4457965
Rank L/Cpl
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1918/19.
Age 21
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40
Home address Son of James and Bertha Miles, Annfield Plain. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 5, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
Source table 1TS