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Miles, George Edwin

 George Edwin Miles
Victory Medal
Victory Medal
British War Medal
British War Medal
Private George Edwin Miles (20957)
Killed in Action on Sunday 30th July 1916
Battle of the Somme, aged 22
 
Son of James & Eliza Miles
Father's occupation: Carter on Farm
Born 25th December 1893 at Hurst
3 sisters, 2 brothers, position in family: 2
 
Infant School:Hurst Infants
Senior School:Hurst Boys
Admitted:Monday 7th April 1902
Age on admission:8
Left school:Friday 21st December 1906
Age at leaving:12
 
Local address: Sandford Mill Cottages, Woodley
 
Enlisted:Reading, After Feb 1916
Regiment:Royal Berkshire Regiment
Battalion:5th Bn.
Brigade:35th
Division:12th (Eastern)
 
Died:Sunday 30th July 1916
Cause:Killed in Action
Age:22
Action:Battle of the Somme
Battalion at:Auchenvillers
Commemorated:Memorial at Thiepval Memorial, Somme
 
George Miles on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme
Thiepval Memorial, Somme
 
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in morning
We will remember them.
Lawrence Binyon