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Master JOHN ERNEST RILEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Manchester Progress (Manchester)

Date of Death

Died 20 March 1941

Age 65 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DISLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

Extension. South part.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Henry and Mary Ann Riley, of Manchester; husband of Winifred Riley. of Old Trafford, Manchester.
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Buried or commemorated at

DISLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Cheshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 9
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