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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
THE CANAL TURN, THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, AINTREE, ENGLAND
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Godfrey Douglas Giles (1857-1941)
Born at Karachi, now Kurrachee, Pakistan on 9 November 1857 and baptized on 28 December the same year, son of Capt. Edward Giles and his wife Emily née Atkins. He was sent to Sandhurst to launch a military career and his first posting was to India in 1875. He served in the Second Afghan War with the 1st Sind Horse and was present at the battle of Hhuski-Nakhud in February 1879 and later painted the Charge of the Scinde Horse at Khuski-Nakhud.& (showing 500 of 2916 characters). |
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