Miles Robert William L/Cpl 4457965

Personnel Entry

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