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Leading Aircraftman JOHN EDWARD RILEY

Service Number: 1037091
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

17 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 01 November 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

1. F. 1.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Percy Turner Riley and Ethel Riley, of Didsbury, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE SOUGHT BEAUTY IN LIFE, MAY HE FIND IT IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 621
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