Smiles Raymond Pte 14566970

Personnel Entry

Headstone inscription, Family grave, Holy Trinity Churchyard, Eggleston.

Name Smiles Raymond
Army number 14566970
Rank Private.
Decorations
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.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
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 here.
Source table 10DLI

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

Smiles family headstone in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Eggleston, Teesdale, County Durham.