William John Giles

Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church

Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps

Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945

Rank and number: Private 7378122

Parents: Alfred John and Mary Jane Giles

Marital status: Married

Home address: 3 Castle Road, Hopewell Hill, Kingswood, Bristol

Pre-war occupation: Grocer's Shop Assistant

Date of birth: 10/04/1915

Date of death: 04/03/1943

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Beja War Cemetery (Ref. I. H. 8.), Tunisia and commemorated on Kingswood Memorial

Age: 27

Further information:

William was the son of a grocery warehouse man and in the grocery trade himself.

William served in the Tunisian Campaign as a field ambulance man and died during hostilities in the course of his medical duty.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/