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NAME:                      Miles, William George  (on pension card has Wickham in brackets after Miles, on another has Miles-Wickham.)
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Hampshire Regiment
BATTALION ETC:             1/4th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         200893
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died 30th January 1917 Mesopotamia
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Basra Memorial, Iraq
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 26. Taken prisoner by Turks at Kut April 29th 1916.
                           Son of William and Florence Miles of 93 Lower Brooks St., Winchester.
                           In 1901 & 1911 family living at 58 Colebrook Street, Winchester.
                           Born & resided: Winchester. Enlisted: Salisbury Plain, Wilts.