BORN HULL 1900. SON OF TOM DUNN WILES & FLORENCE MARY WILES, 48 PERRY STREET, HULL. SON OF A CORPORATION INSPECTOR. EMPLOYED AS A GROCERS ASSISTANT.
ENLISTED HULL, ON 16/03/1918. DESCRIBED AS SIX FEET TALL, 153 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST, BROWN HAIR AND GREY EYES. JOINED THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION IN ITALY, ON 28/10/1918, AGED 18.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS PARENTS. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, ALBERT, FLORENCE AND GLADYS AT 48 PERRY STREET.
HIS NAME IS REMEMBERED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL.
HE IS BURIED AT GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE, ITALY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “A GOOD & FAITHFUL SON HULL.”
First name:
TOM EDGAR
Military Number:
89180
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/10/1918
Place died:
GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE, ITALY
Age:
18
