Niles Joseph Edward Pte 4546443
Personnel Entry
Name Niles Joseph Edward
Army number 4546443
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Born Yorkshire 1921/22.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 13/7/1942, and posted to the 10th Battalion DLI. DIED 7/5/1944 while serving with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry in a motorcycle accident - see below for newspaper report.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 13-Jul-42
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Died as a result of road accident 07-May-44 in the UK. Buried Grave 1414, Section N, Pontefract Cemetery.
Home address Resident of Yorkshire. Son of Joseph James and Elizabeth Allen Niles, Pontefract.
Source table 10DLI
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
Private Niles was the rider of a motorcycle involved in an accident on 7/5/1944. His pillion passenger, who was injured, was Private Robert Hopkins, also of the 10th Battalion. A relevant newspaper report is set out below:-
