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Serjeant Major WILLIAM RILEY

Service Number: 29935
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 50th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN

A. 37. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alice Ann Openshaw (formerly Riley), of 11, Seddon St., Bolton, and the late Joseph Riley.
  • Personal Inscription CHERISHED MEMORIES ARE OFT RECALLED WITH A SILENT TEAR
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