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Rifleman JOHN WILLIAM RILEY

Service Number: 59307
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

"D" Coy. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

XX. D. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Parnham Riley and Eliza Riley, of 7, Buxton St., Melbourne Rd., Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE BE UNTO YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1624
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