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Private A Wiles

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Private Arthur WILES, TF/1939, 2nd / 4th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Gallipoli, 3rd October 1915, age 23.

Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of James and Henrietta Wiles,  33, Bayham Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1911 Census - 85 Albion Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - James Wiles, head, age 53, married, Borough Scavenger, Borough Council, worker, born Penshurst, Kent; Henrietta Wiles, wife, age 50, married 27 years, 9 children, all still alive, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Ellen Wiles, daughter, age 22, single, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Kate Wiles, daughter, age 21, single, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Minnie Wiles, daughter, age 19, single, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Arthur Wiles, son, age 18, single, apprentice picture framing, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Daisy Wiles, daughter, age 14, school, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Frederic Wilkes, son, age 12, school, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Frank Wiles, son, age 11, school, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent.

1st August 1915, posted Balkans Theatre of War.

Buried  Hill 10 Cemetery, I. A. 7., Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey. Commemorated on Tunbridge Wells War Memorial.