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Gunner JOHN RILEY

Service Number: 989969
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

2 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY

II. A. 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Edith Riley; husband of Lilian Emma Riley, of Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GAVE ME COURAGE. WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE YOU NO ONE COULD EVER KNOW. LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2251
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