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Private LEWIS RILEY

Service Number: 2391
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

"B" Coy. 4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 November 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOWERBY (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD

415, near North wall of Church.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Agnes Riley.
  • Personal Inscription CROWNED WITH THE SUNSHINE OF IMMORTAL YOUTH DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

SOWERBY (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 6
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