We remember Horace Iles

We remember Horace Iles

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Timeline

Timeline

1900
birth Leeds United Kingdom Source:7001508 Source:8481033 1900
1902
sibling Wilfred Iies Source:8481033 1902
1906
sibling Sidney Iles Source:8481033 1906
1911
employment newsboy Source:7001529 1911
1911
location 12 cemetery place Leeds United Kingdom parents address Source:7001529 1911
1913
employment blacksmith Pawsons leeds United Kingdom Source:7001573 1913
1914
employment painter and decorator Dennis and co Leeds United Kingdom Source:7001573 1914
1916
dates Age 16 Source:8481033 1st July 1916
1916
service British Army Private 15/1784 West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 15th Battalion. Source:8481033 1st July 1916
1916
death Killed in Action Killed in action, on the first day of The Battle of the Somme. The Somme Pas - de - Calais. France Source:7001519 Source:8481033 1st July 1916
burial Serre Road Cemetery No.1 CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France Grave Ref. I.E.39. Source:8481033

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Horace
Initials H
Last Name Iles
Source 2040414
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
12 cemetery place Leeds United Kingdom parents address known 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 15/1784 West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 15th Battalion. Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
William Iles father
Elizabeth Iles mother
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Wilfred IIes brother 1902
Sidney Iles brother 1906

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription debbie2674
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription debbie2674
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription debbie2674
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Charlotte33

External Evidence

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BBC The People Remember, Episode 2 Imperial1
BBC site remembering him as a boy soldier debbie2674
Biography and letters from his sister debbie2674
CWG education site debbie2674

Multimedia

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horace debbie2674
The Battle of the Somme. Desmond1478
Private Horace Iles. Desmond1478
The Battle of the Somme. Desmond1478

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