Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals	Ribecourt British Cemetery
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
8 Apr 1915	~	Lillington War Memorial
		Leamington Spa War Memorial
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Leamington All Saints Memorial
Battle of Cambrai	14 Jan 1915 at London	Leamington Spa Holy Trinity Plaque
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units	Other War Memorials
near Flesquieres	Gunner 307 Machine Gun Corps	St. Lawrence College

Other Military Information

• Invalided Home with Blood Poisoning in 1915
• Commissioned to 2nd Lt on 30 Jan 1917

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Miles is listed as being killed in action on 20 November 1917. Research by the Leamington History Society tell us that Miles was killed in action near the village of Flesquieres on his left, two miles northeast from the start line between the village of Trescault in the north and Beaucamp in the south, (within III Corps Boundary whose 29th Division was being supported by the Ist (Warwick) Battery, Warwickshire Royal Horse Artillery), by a shell air burst, while he was evacuating his disabled tank, which had been hit by a gun from the German 213th Field Artillery Regiment, 54th Division positioned in the area of the village of Ribecourt on his right, ripping off its left track.

During the attack on the village of Flesquieres, Miles was supporting the Seaforth Highlanders, Gordon Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of the 152nd Brigade, 51st Highland Division, who took heavy casualties during their initial assault along the approach slope, which was swept by machine gun fire.