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Pilot Officer JOHN CECIL GILES

Service Number: 138329
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

75 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

16. C. 9.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Albert and Irene May Giles, of Peckham Rye, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS OUR BABY, OUR PRIDE AND JOY, IN LIFE FELT SO MANLY, IN DEATH JUST A BOY
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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