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Military service
Service number:
799788
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
November 27, 1895
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 29, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 9.
Additional information
Son of Ferdinand and Kate Booth Giles.
Digital gallery of Private Albert Booth Giles
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Newspaper Clipping
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Giles was originally a member of the 134th Bn before being transferred to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Photo by BGen (ret`d) G. Young, submitted by Capt (retd) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Carving
Carving by Pte Giles in Maison Blanc located near Vimy Ridge. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of ALBERT BOOTH GILES
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Booth Giles
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Booth Giles
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Booth Giles
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Booth Giles
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Booth Giles
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Booth Giles
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Booth Giles
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Booth Giles
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Booth Giles
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Commemorated on:
Page 243 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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