Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Wiles, Bedfordshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 September 1918
Military Medal, G.V.R. (43832 Pte. A. Wiles. 4/Bedf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (43832 Pte. A. Wiles. Bedf. R.) very fine

Pair: Private C. Wiles, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the battle of Cambrai, 20 November 1917
British War and Victory Medals (G-5820 Pte. C. Wiles. The Queen’s R.) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (R4-095364 Pte. W. Wiles. A.S.C.) very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (931394 Pte. E. Wiles. 54-Can. Inf.); together with the recipient’s Canadian Memorial Cross (931394 Pte. E. Wiles) very fine (8) £500-£700

M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919

Alfred Wiles was born in Farnham, Surrey and attested there for the Bedfordshire Regiment. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 27 September 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France.

Charles Wiles was born in Bourne, Surrey, and attested for the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment at Guildford. He served with the 4th and 6th Battalions during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 20 November 1917, on the first day of the battle of Cambrai. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, France.

Ernest Wiles was born in Surrey on 10 May 1889, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Grand Forks, British Columbia, on 31 March 1916. He served with the 54th Battalion Canadian Infantry during the Great War, and although a Memorial Cross was issued, his name does not appear on the C.W.G.C. Roll of Honour.