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Private EDWARD RILEY

Service Number: D/3479
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

6th (H.D.) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1940

Age 51 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DEANE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

Sec. C.G. Grave 27.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Mary Alice Riley, of Bolton; husband of Harriet Riley, of Bolton.
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Buried or commemorated at

DEANE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 44
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