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family .respoctil)g ·
F. W. ,G iles.

'n. W8lJ struok througlt
from the GerDllUl liDee
tiona f<>~ ea'tTyi!li; out .. faj~gj...
volunte,ered . Although
place until about fi1"e .
aft;e.,li'm,ds.
not suffer the slightest
oollBCioUB until tha end.
As his platoon lergilant,.
always did his duty to thli
be w.. s an excell,en±
always be' indu~
~IUI~'to.Br
extra duty.
"
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He di..d. .a no~1a deatJ!,. . -*Tit,g
country. . . "
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He is buril!d _ r a pleasant

F-d

pri mI0888, cow-slips, and

His funeral

eolo~"l.

"Y1.G
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'Wall

adjutant,

colm~"DT

and othel'S. . '
,
lIis grayo is being tend..d.
will plnlit primrOSM' 'and,
. and a -..Ood&n cross (later
. iron one) is fixed at the
ticulars.
,
' HOW GILES MET
Private ..,. W' l.Earle7; iii '
eaid tli.t after ner BOn
for ' ~p-,;t". hours. uIt, ...".pp.....8II .
eontin u8d the writer,
shiftiillll'
the trench, and ,,6ur
tailed to CfJ.Fry some

" ..toh big the effect
from
trenches, ::r~~:J! ~~::tr~~:~l~
hun, th.
It ·...38 1"ery '1i

'fioUs a poor, chap
place. a nd by a eoinci.ience
I;Irbther8 in
Every thin« ~8il?;L~
tremely sorry thnt it ~~~~~~J~~
arid myself wera with
and h" was as bri&,ht aa' ~jti~;i;·g:~·F:~--..,~. ~,__
hav .. boon Jlnls ever since ...e hn"19
Colonel 0, p, Serocold, in [a .-1otter to
said: "You will no doubt uvv heard before
of tho. death of. one of YOllf 801>8 ....rnng in my
ba..&llOn .. I "Tlto to expr~ 'my' d.I'6P Bymp~hy
WIth yo u III your grief. 'rh~ boy haB been one ' of
the flrst to fa ll . o.nd , died [.doing his, dut,:.., We
ha1"e buried him in a
by;,' lhe ~id.e - of tIl,
rolld, Illiet his grave haa beep dearl,. ~arked, Sb
10Dg as ". nre hor. it Will be eliiefb'fii .. ..nded'
The funeral WIIS on a 101"817 eveniD&-, 'w ith th~
~Oi80 of distant shells barstiJig-in
8Olcfuor's
funeral."
.
~ptlLin H. ,U . JI. Thorne, in a letb&r in lir.
Giles. 6xpresalng s;rtnpatby; said, n As bie IlOmp&IIy commander I ..l1l'aye npp~iated that he

woof'

met/a'

he~n aplllred !lew-ould have ~n of llOD8iderabt.

promise."
Waa a lad of gr"IlIlt pluck, and I belie..., . that had

The Rev. . H. A.rl:hul' V""~ W...~n f!b~~2~l,--4
in " letter Mid that Pri..vata au.... ooulddered pain; as he. was 'woUnded m the ; c - ' - . ' must '.>on beIIn.. UJlOOn8OioWl from the first:. .. Be
haa ~]ad. for his f<lUn.~ ~d l.1or you. ~ ~ee.r
on.. 8ud th. o1lap~
!lUI' gra...e is .mlU'1red
by". nermanent eroS8. :The

II"8TClI!

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of our braT&

~gllilh boys 'are 1,?1"in&'l,y tended: This spot is in
£oland",:". You 1I'1U b 'o... the eu.et sPot lator. ·
::-ili:~ur ,other lIOn be spa~ to ,~m to yO!!

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