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Sergeant JOSEPH RILEY

Service Number: 1352461
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1943

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LOWER DARWEN (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD

Old ground near East Wall.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Timothy and Elizabeth Riley, of Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription HIS SPIRIT WILL LIVE ON WITH THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY
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Buried or commemorated at

LOWER DARWEN (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 21
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