We remember Walter Edwin Chiles

We remember Walter Edwin Chiles

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Timeline

Timeline

1897
birth Camberwell, South London United Kingdom Source:8977157 Source:8448484 1897
1911
location 153 Great Dover Street, South East London United Kingdom parents address Source:8977157 April 1911
1916
enlistment Southwark, South London United Kingdom Source:8448484 1916
1916
service British Army Rifleman 6074 London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:8448485 1916 - 31st December 1916
1917
service British Army Rifleman 373082 London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:8448485 1st January 1917 - 31st May 1917
employment Postal Staff General Post Office Central London United Kingdom Source:8977175
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8448484
location Borough, South East London United Kingdom Source:8448484
1917
death Died of wounds Died at No.29 Casualty Clearing Station, Grevillers, Pas de Calais No.29 C.C.S., Grevillers, Pas de Calais France Source:8448485 Source:9083462 31st May 1917
burial Grevillers British Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France V. D. 20 Source:8448485

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Walter Edwin
Initials WE
Last Name Chiles
Source 8448484
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
153 Great Dover Street, South East London United Kingdom parents address known April 1911
Borough, South East London United Kingdom
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 6074 London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
British Army 373082 London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Lindsay Chiles father
Agnes Louisa Chiles mother

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Valerie34433
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Valerie34433
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Valerie34433

External Evidence

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London Chief Post Office War Memorial Valerie34433
Ancestry - Register of Soldiers Effects Vincent96527

Multimedia

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Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais - 1 Vincent96527
Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais - 2 Vincent96527
Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais - 3 Vincent96527
8th London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) Cap Badge Vincent96527

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