Walter John GILES

1875 – 1945 · Wellington Front, Gibraltar

Father: Thomas GILES · Mother: Elizabeth Ann ROGERS

👶Birth 11/11/1875	Wellington Front, Gibraltar 📍 ⓘFind My Past Ref: 73 Gibraltar Army Returns Christine Fearnley Gibralta National Archives Birth Certificate 📎 Photo 📎 Birth Cert No: 406 Born 11th November 1875 Name: Walter John Sex: Male Father: Thomas GILES Native of England Mother: Elizabeth Anne GILES (RODGERS) Native of British America Father Occupation: Porter Sergeant 23 Reg Informant: Thomas GILES, Father, Wellington Front Registered: 25th November 1875 Signed: y
🏠Lived (3) 31/12/1878 🏛️ Electric street lighting in London	South Barracks, Gibraltar 📍 ⓘGibralta National Archives 📎 Document
🏠Lived (6) 1881	The Citadel, Plymouth, Devon 📍 ⓘ1881 Census 📎 Census
🏠Lived (16) 1891 🏛️ Free elementary education	The Armoury, Nr Fore Street, Chard, Somerset 📍 ⓘ1891 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (16) 1891	Solicitors Clerk ⓘ1891 Census
🏠Lived (26) 1901 🏛️ Second Boer War	58 Victoria Avenue, Chard, Somerset 📍 ⓘ1901 Census 📎 Census Chard Library: Kelly's 1902: Mrs GILES, 58 Victoria Avenue
💼Occupation (26) 1901 🏛️ Death of Queen Victoria	Solicitors Law Clerk ⓘ1901 Census
💒Marriage (27) 30/06/1902	Laura Theresa LOOSMORE Chard, Somerset 📍 ⓘFree BMD Ref: 5c 659 Chard Obtained correct name of wife Christine Fearnley 📎 Photo
🏠Lived (36) 1911 🏛️ National Insurance Act	1 Livingstone Villas, Crewkerne Road, Chard, Somerset 📍 with Laura Theresa LOOSMORE ⓘ1911 Census 📎 Census
🏠Lived (46) 1921 🏛️ Irish Free State established	1 Livingstone Villas, Crewkerne Road, Chard, Somerset 📍 with Laura Theresa LOOSMORE ⓘ1921 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (46) 1921	Law Clerk Canning & Kyrke Solicitors, High Street, Chard, Somerset 📍 ⓘ1921 Census
🏠Lived (56) 1931 🏛️ Great Depression	1 Livingstone Villas, Crewkerne Road, Chard, Somerset 📍 with Laura Theresa LOOSMORE ⓘKellys Directory Found in Chard Library
🏠Lived (64) 1939 🏛️ Second World War	1 Livingstone Villas, Crewkerne Road, Chard, Somerset 📍 with Laura Theresa LOOSMORE 📎 1939 Register
💼Occupation (64) 1939	Solicitors Managing Clerk
✝️Death (70) 05/06/1945 🏛️ VE Day	Chard, Somerset 📍 ⓘChristine Fearnley 📎 Photo
🪦Burial 09/06/1945	Chard Cemetery, Zembard Lane, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1JL 📍 Grave C128 ⓘChristine Fearnley Burial Records of Chard Town Hall 📎 Grave 🔗 Grave Grave C128 (next to other family graves C138 & C148) was purchased by Mrs Giles of Livingstone Villas, Chard on 7th June 1945. Grave Headstone: In loving memory of Walter John Giles who died 5th June 1945 aged 69 years and his beloved wife Laura Theresa Giles who died 11th May 1963 aged 85 years

Children with Laura Theresa LOOSMORE

Thomas Francis GILES

b. 1904, Chard, Somerset · d. 1975, 22 Priory Crescent, Wembley, London, Middlesex, HA0 2QQ · m. 1935 Kathleen Mary BROWN

Margaret Muriel GILES

b. 1914, 1 Livingstone Villas, Crewkerne Road, Chard, Somerset · d. 1981, 48 Bure Park, Bure Lane, Christchurch, Dorset

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📎 PhotoDeath, 05/06/1945 🔗 GraveBurial, 09/06/1945 📎 Birth CertBirth, 11/11/1875 📎 CensusResidence, 1891 📎 DocumentResidence, 31/12/1878 📎 CensusResidence, 1921

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Walter John GILES

Chard Cemetery, Zembard Lane, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1JL

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