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Lance Bombardier WILLIAM ERNEST RILEY

Service Number: 1129712
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

186 Indep. Field Bty.

Date of Death

Died 18 June 1943

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

3. E. 2.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mary Riley, of Winton, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND DADDY WHO DIED SAVING A COMRADE. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN"
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