ARMY CDOS Giles, John Frederick

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Giles ​

• FORENAME

John Frederick ​

• UNIT

3 Commando (3 Troop) ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

68678 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

27th December 1941 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Brookwood Memorial, Surrey Panel 1 Column 3 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.​

born 1917 Abbot's Leigh, Bristol​

resided Bristol​

son of Frederick William (1881-1940) and Margaret Mary Maud Palin (nee Evans) Giles (1896-1954), Gordons, Almondsbury,​

Gloucestershire​

educated Bristol Preparatory School​

educated Kelly College, Tavistock, Devon​

6 Bn Gloucestershire Regiment 27.7.1936 (2Lt)​

Army heavyweight boxing champion, Southern Command​

Royal Tank Regiment 1939​

Lieutenant 27.8.1939​

Captain 9.12.1940​

3 Commando 1940​

KIA Vaagso, Lofoten Islands ​

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