The Roll of Honour

Category: Iraq

Full Name:  George PILE Nationality:  British   Rank:  Private Service:  East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”) Unit:  1st and 5th Battalions Age at Death:  30 Date of Death:  19 June 1917 Service Number:  240837 Cemetery: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq Pluckley Village War Memorial, Kent, UK [picture, above] Reference:   XIII. H. 9. CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/629829/PILE,%20G EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/629829/  George was born in Pluckley, Kent in 1887, the fourth child of Jessie and Frances Pile. George was one of two sons from the…

Full Name:  Edwin Thomas PILE Nationality: British   Rank:  Private Service:  East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”) Unit:  5th Battalion Age at Death:  23 Date of Death: 7 January 1916 Service Number:  T/1016 Memorials: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq and Pluckley Village War Memorial, Kent, UK Reference:  XXXI. D. 5. CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/629828/PILE,%20EDWIN%20THOMAS EVERY MAN REMEMBERED:  http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/629828/ Edwin was born in Pluckley, Kent in 1892, the sixth child of Jessie and Frances Pile. George was one of two sons from the family killed in World…