In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar

 

Cecil Giles

 

Combined Operations / Gunner, RCNVR

 

Born: 09 Sep 1924, Townsend Township, Ontario

 

Died: 29 Nov 2005, Brantford, Ontario

 

GILES Cecil - Suddenly, after a courageous battle with cancer in his 82nd year; dearly beloved husband of 60 years to Helen Giles; dear father of Gloria Gary Crawford, Dave Marsha Giles, Pat Sharon Giles, Barb Don Guest, Scott Laura Giles and the late Timothy Allen Giles; dear grandpa of Travis, Chad and Michelle Crawford, Jason and Adam Giles, Jeff and Jennifer Giles, Aaron and Amy Fullerton, Casey and Zachary Guest and Tarah Giles; great-grandpa of Rianna, Brandon, Austin and Jaden.

 

Cecil Giles was a retired Provincial Bailiff at the Burtch Correctional Centre, where he worked for 23 years; was a former Dairyman of the Terrace Hill Bordens Dairy, where he worked for 20 years; was a former Cub Master with the Mt. Pleasant Boy Scouts; was a coach in numerous minor sports teams in Mt. Pleasant; served in the Navy during the Second World War and was an operator of the landing craft at the Normandy Landing.

 

Friends will be received for a memorial visitation at the McCleister Funeral Home, 495 Park Road North, Brantford on Thursday 7 to 9 p. m. Memorial Service in the Chapel on Friday at 11 a. m. Cremation

 

If wished, memorial donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Victorian Order of Nurses gratefully appreciated.

 

Ships served in:

Landing Craft on D-Day

HMCS RIBBLE

 

CG01

CG02

CG03

 (CG01) Portrait of Cecil Giles

(CG02) Cecil Giles at HMCS CORNWALLIS, Halifax, NS

(CG03) In Memory of Cecil Giles

 


 

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