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| Corporal John Arthur
Pile, service number 52381, enlisted in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry
on 23 October 1914. He was promoted to Corporal on 15 November 1916 He arrived in France on 10 Febrary 1917 and served there until at least 23 May 1918. On 1 December 1918 he entered Germany between Beho and Eupen with the second army. On his return to England he was demobilised from the Cavalry Machine Gun Corps at Harrowby Camp near Grantham on 7 May 1919 and received the British War and Victory medals. |
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Private William Pile of
the 15th Bn. Hampshire Regiment, service number 19384. He is the son of James and Ila Pile of Westbourne and husband of Elizabeth Janman of Emsworth, Hants. He was killed on 15 September 1915 in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette at the renewal of the Sommme offensive age 29 years. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France and on the War Memorial in Westbourne churchyard. |
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| Sergeant David Percy
Pile, service number M/23170. 61st ASC Company, 2nd Divisional
Supply Command. Served in France from August 1914 and would have been responsible for the supply of goods, equipment and ammunition to the front line. He was a driver in 1915 but left the front due to illness and spent time in hospital at Lincoln. He received the 1914 Star with Clasp, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Photo courtesy of Daria Burnett. |
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| Stoker Harry Pile service
no K2824 enlisted in the Royal Navy 14 May 1909 He is the youngest son of James and Ila Pile of Westbourne and brother of Private William Pile. Between spells of shore duty at Portsmouth and Eastchurch, Kent he saw active service in the English Channel. He was promoted to Leading Stoker on 1st March 1915, Stoker Petty Officer on 4 October 1916. After the war he re-enlisted for a further ten years. |
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| Private Bertie A. Pile service
no M2/100934, Army Service Corps Motor Transport Son of Henry and Elizabeth Pile of Folkingham and youngest brother of Sergeant Percy Pile. He enlisted as a driver in the Army Service Corps on 31 May 1915; wounded during the Somme Campaign he was discharged due to his wounds in 1918. |
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| Thiepval memorial, Picardie, France | |
| In memory of Private William Pile 19384, 15th bn., Hampshire Regiment who died age 29 on Friday 15 September 1916. Private Pile, son of the late James and Flo.* Pile, of North St., Westbourne, Sussex; husband of Elizabeth Janman (formerly Pile), of Brook Cottages, Lumley, Emsworth, Hants. From Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Registry *Ila Pile formerly Goble |
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Westbourne War Memorial |
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| In memory of the men from Westbourne who laid down
their lives in the Great War 1914-18 W. Piles Hants Regt |
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