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Private JOHN WILLIAM RILEY

Service Number: 1670
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. B. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Lucy Riley, of 55, Abbott St., Doncaster.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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