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Second Lieutenant RICHARD DOUGLAS MILES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3

II. F. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Henry Miles, D.S.O., I.S.O. (late Collector-General of Jamaica), and Ada E. Miles. Served with the 31st Bn. Alberta Regt. and attained the rank of Lance Sergt. before gaining a commission in R.I.F. Born Kingston, Jamaica.
  • Personal Inscription THANK GOD: WE KNOW THAT HE "BATTED WELL" IN THE LAST GREAT GAME OF ALL
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