Catalogue description Miles Ernest Henry Private 141682

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Surname: Miles;

Forename(s): Ernest Henry;

Initials: EH;

Number: 141682;

Rank: Private;

Born in: Sheerness, Kent;

Enlisted in: Sheerness;

Previous Number: 21744;

Previous Regiment: R Sussex Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 12 Bn;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 05-Apr-1918;

Other Data: Roll of Honour (de Ruvigny) Vol II, Sect 2, p 134: 5th son of John Miles, of 5 Montague Road, West Minster, Sheerness, by his wife Ann, d. of (-) Watts; Born West Minster 13/7/1883;educ Board School there;was a skilled labourer in HM Dockyard: enlisted MGC 11/6/17; served BEF F&F from 25/12/17 and was KIA at Bouzincourt 5/4/18, being hit by a shell. He married at St Pauls Church, Sheerness 4/4/14, Winifred Elizabeth (Cromwell Rd, West Minster, Sheerness) 2nd d. of Peter Brown, and had a daughter, Winifred Alice, born 23/1/15.;

Other Notes: MILES, Private, E H, 141682. 12th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 5th April 1918. Age 34. Son of John and Ann Miles; husband of Winifred Elizabeth Brown Hawkings (formerly Miles), of 88, Cromwell Rd., West Minster, Queenborough, Kent. I. D. 15. Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension - Somme, France.;

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