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Private CHARLES DOUGLAS GILES

Service Number: 19893
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

42nd Coy.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

IV. E. 15.

France

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Photographer: Will Robertson

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Photographer: Will Robertson

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Photographer: Will Robertson

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Photographer: Will Robertson

CAS ID 2710304

Photographer: UKNA

405130 SERJEANT J. ROBINSON 3rd/4th COUNTY OF LONDON YEOMANRY (SHARPSHOOTERS). Date of death: 10th March 1945 Age: 32 Headstone is clean & legible. No apparent damage. Grass grave is clear of detritus. Stone vase to the front with artificial flower, Union flag + metal poppy to the side. No issues needing CWGC attention.

Photographer: Eain Findlay

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Photographer: Will Robertson

2034539 SAPPER J.J.SAUNDERS ROYAL ENGINEERS Date Of Death: 3rd December 1940 Age: 30 A lawn grave. The headstone is clean, legible and stable. There is no signs of either damage or weathering. The grave is flat, with grass, except at the base of the stone. A clean plot with no detritus. Nothing untoward with this grave to report. No action by CWGC required. *View this photo, if clearer than the original, feel free to upload.

Photographer: Eain Findlay

1152490 SERGEANT F. E SHAW PILOT Date of Death: 22nd April 1941. Age: 24. Headstone clean & legible. No apparent damage. Ground is level & clear of detritus. Flowers have been added to his grave recently. ~ two years ago, I cut back low hanging tree branches. These were also over hanging five other CWGC graves nearby. Recently, throughout the cemetery, a general cutting back of interfering arbor has been undertaken, resulting on this and many other CWGC graves having less foliage over hanging the headstones.

Photographer: Eain Findlay

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Photographer: Will Robertson

CH

Photographer: Will Robertson

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Giles, of The Mill, Kirtlington, Oxford. Born at Ledwell, Oxon.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR HIS KING & COUNTRY AND HOME ONES DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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