Private Arnold Giles
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1890-08-31
Place of birth: Prince Albert Saskatchewan Canada
Next of kin: Robert Giles (father), Chilliwack, British Columbia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Jeweller
Occupation (normalized): Jeweller, General
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1916-06-18
Cause of death:
Died as a prisoner of war
Buried:
Niederzwehren Cemetery, II. E. 13.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 475862
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 903435
LAC ID:
412899
Service file: B3526-S019
Uploader's Notes:
Original overseas unit 3rd University Company. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field January 21, 1916. Wounded at Sanctuary Wood and taken prisoner of war June 2, 1916. Died in the hands of the enemy.
Son of Robert and Agnes Yule Giles of Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Reported missing in action 2-4 Jun 1916. Reported as wounded - shot in the spine, and prisoner of war. Died of wounds 18 Jun 1916 in Stuttgart Germany. Moved to Niederzwehren Cemetery.[Source " With The Patricia’s In Flanders Then & Now 1914-1919" by Stephen K Newman, p.178.]
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-05-16