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Private ROY NOVELLO RILEY

Service Number: 132179
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER FARM CEMETERY

I. K. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Only son of Alfred Novello Riley and Mary Elizabeth Riley, of 57, Wiltshire Rd., Brixton, London, England.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIKE A SOLDIER FELL FOR KING & COUNTRY ON 18TH BIRTHDAY
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Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 424
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