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William Giles

Rank Cook's Mate
Service Number M 14876
Born 20/01/1892 Basingstoke

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Portsmouth
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HMS Malaya

Class Queen Elizabeth class Battleship

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Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is located on Southsea Common. There are 24,593 identified casualties listed of which 10,000 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of York (future King George VI) on 15th October 1924

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Next of kin address Hampshire England Basingstoke Rose Cottage, Back Lane Tadley England Mother Clara Giles Father Edward Giles