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Private JOHN RILEY

Service Number: 201166
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 15.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Susannah Riley, of Whalley, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED, HONOURED & REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 559
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