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Private WILLIAM GEORGE RILEY

Service Number: 30395
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 April 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HENIN CRUCIFIX CEMETERY

A. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Edith Riley, of 3, Costa St., Parliament Rd., Middlesbrough. Native of Middlesbrough.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

HENIN CRUCIFIX CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 61
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