Samuel Charles Iles
Memorial: Mangotsfield - St James Place
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Stoker First Class 304868
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth Iles (nee Marsh)
Marital status: Married
Home address: St. James Place, Mangotsfield, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Coal Hewer
Date of birth: 26/07/1882
Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 10/02/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial (Ref 14.)
Age: 33
Further information:
Was killed in action when the sloop – the HMS Arabis - was sunk by enemy torpedo boats off the Dogger Bank
Married to Lillian May Nicholls on 29 July 1908
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
The National Archives, The London Gazette, Imperial War Graves Commission, S.C. Iles attestation papers, David Blackmore