GILES Albert Mark

  • First Name(s):
    Albert 
    Mark 
  • Surname:
    GILES
  • Service Number:
    106924
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    2nd Brigade
  • Battalion:
    42nd Battalion
  • Unit:
    42nd Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    21st March 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Arras Memorial, France, Bay 1.
  • Place of Birth:
    Pershore, Worcestershire, enlisted Newark, Nottinghamshire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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GILES Albert Mark Is Named On These Memorials

Pershore Abbey
Pershore C of E School now in Pershore Working Men’s Club

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Pershore Abbey as Mark A. Giles with the additional information: Royal Artillery

Further Information About GILES Albert Mark

The birth of Albert Mark Giles is registered in the June Quarter 1893 under the Pershore Registration District.

Gunner, 42nd Battalion Royal Field Artillery. Head St. Stray bomb amongst horses. Died April 1918 in France.

Additional information from Pershore Parish Records, Holy Cross, Film No 216/7, available at Worcestershire Archives.

A photograph of Gunner M. Giles of Pershore can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 8th June 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Albert Giles has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Arras Memorial.

The following information on the Giles family is courtesy and copyright of Steve Cooper:
Sophia Giles died on the 4th November 1918 aged 64 and was buried in Pershore Cemetery.

Albert Giles enlisted as Private 106924 in the Royal Field Artillery, entering France on the 23rd March 1915. He was killed in action on the 21st March 1918, the first day of the German Spring Offensive against the allied troops. Albert has no known grave; he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial in France. After the war his family received his medals – the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the 1914/1915 Star.

Memorial Card for Albert Giles, brother of Edward.
Photo Courtesy & Copyright of Steve Cooper

Verse in Albert’s Memorial Card
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Albert’s sister Kate. Photo courtesy & copyright of Steve Cooper

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