Maj. George Edward GILES [13085]
- Born: 1 Jan 1855, Karachi India
- Marriage (1): Mary Ann Thuter HILL [15293]
- Died: Dec 1901, South Africa aged 46
 General Notes:
George was educated at Cheltenham College 1869, then Royal Military College, Woolwich 1873, where he twice won the Silver Challenge Bugle for athletic sports; entered the Royal Artillery, in 1879 he was appointed to the command of the Artillery troop of the Cape Mounted Rifles, he saw active service in Basutoland and the Transvaal; becoming a Major in the R.A. He commanded a battery in Rhodesia and died on his way to Cape Town in Dec 1901.
Ref: Giles Family Website
George married Mary Ann Thuter HILL [15293] [MRIN: 5432]. (Mary Ann Thuter HILL [15293] was born about 1860 and died about 1941.)
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