Col Valentine GILES RE D.S.O. [478]
- Born: 10 Feb 1877, Suchow China
- Marriage (1): Margaret Mayhew MOLLISON [412] on 24 Nov 1902 in Rangoon Burma
- Marriage (2): Philadelphia Constance Violet Flora MacDonald FRASER [9234] in May 1924 in LND
- Died: 27 Feb1945, Bexhill SSX
Cause of his death was stroke.
General Notes:
Valentine was educated at Liege Belgium, Feldkirch Austria, Aberdeen and Royal Marine Academy Woolwich. He became a Captain in the Royal Engineers in 1908.
Valentine earned his DSO for his role with the Royal Engineers in the mining of the battlefield at Messine, Belgium 1916.
E V Fenn reports in a letter to Margot Fenn in NZ 15 Mar 1945 that Valentine had died and that he had been living in Bexhill.
England Death Index Jan Qtr 1945 Giles Valentine aged 68 Battle 2b 73
Giles Valentine DSO of The Arundel Bexhill on Sea Sussex died 27 February 1945. Probate Llandudno 18 September to Philadelphia Constance Violet Flora MacDonald Giles widow. Effects £1055 15s 11d National Probate Calendar.
Research Notes:
Images Courtesy of Giles Family Website
Guildhall Library: Records of Sun Fire Office [MS 11936/515] Records of Sun Fire Office Catalogue Ref. SUN Creator(s): Sun Fire Office, 1710-1891 Exchange House Fire Office, 1708-1710 Sun Insurance Office Ltd, 1891-1959 Sun Alliance Group, 1959-1996 Royal and Sun Alliance, 1996- at: www.history.ac.uk/gh/sun.htm <http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/sun.htm> Policy register - ref. MS 11937/515 - date: 1861-1862 ref. MS 11936/515/1058951 - date: 10 May 1827 Insured: Mary, Valentine, Giles and Richard Stevens, 39 Bell Yard Temple Bar Ref: http://www.archon.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=76 Ref A2A.
Other Records
1. Valentine Giles: His Confession to Dolly Cotes [486]. VALENTINE'S CONFESSION 1891 MY FAVOURITE VIRTUE: Honesty MY IDEA OF HAPPINESS: Sleep MY IDEA OF MISERY: Being hungry MY FAVOURITE OCCUPATION: Eating Pickles MY FAVOURITE COLOUR: White MY FAVOURITE FLOWER: Lilacs MY FAVOURITE POETS: Author of "Canace and Algarsife" MY FAVOURITE PROSE AUTHORS: Wilkie Collins MY FAVOURITE PAINTER: Watts MY FAVOURITE FOOD: Walnuts MY FAVOURITE NAMES: Valentine Ebenezer MY PET AVERSION: Walking MY FAVOURITE MOTTO: I know none
A FURTHER CONFESSION BY VALENTINE : c1891 MY FAVOURITE VIRTUE: Writing confessions in Greek MY IDEA OF HAPPINESS: Writing confessions in German MY IDEA OF MISERY: Writing confessions in English MY FAVOURITE OCCUPATION: Writing confessions in Arabic MY FAVOURITE COLOUR: Black white brown yellow green pink red blue purple violet orange MY FAVOURITE FLOWER: Rose lily pink carnation pansy daisy buttercup geranium tulip hyacinth banana orange blosom MY FAVOURITE POETS: Longfellow Keats Giles Crabbe Tennyson Shakespeare, and others to numerous to mention MY FAVOURITE PROSE AUTHORS: DICKENS MY FAVOURITE PAINTER: MYSELF MY FAVOURITE FOOD: BATS (roasted) MY FAVOURITE NAMES: VxxxxxxxE MY PET AVERSION: LONDON MY FAVOURITE MOTTO: Arabic (has made some squiggles?)
2. Valentine Giles: Pictures across time. Valentine 1893, Valentine as a gentleman recruit into HM Artillery 1896 - he became a Capt in the Royal Engineers, Controls of the Fortress Gun, Valentine later in life.
Valentine married Margaret Mayhew MOLLISON [412] [MRIN: 848], daughter of William MOLLISON [16572] and Ellen MAYHEW [34178], on 24 Nov 1902 in Rangoon Burma. (Margaret Mayhew MOLLISON [412] was born on 16 Jul 1880 in Cambridge CAM. and died on 11 Nov 1923.)
Valentine next married Philadelphia Constance Violet Flora MacDonald FRASER [9234] [MRIN: 3186], daughter of Maj. Francis FRASER of Tornaveen [11325] and Alexia Beatrice Mary Dedombal Flora MACDONALD [11695], in May 1924 in LND. (Philadelphia Constance Violet Flora MacDonald FRASER [9234] was born on 5 May 1886 in LND, baptised on 30 Jun 1886 in St Thomas Portman Sq MDX and died on 9 Jan 1956 in Hinton Charteerhouse SOM.)
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