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Private WILLIAM RILEY

Service Number: S/19296
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

2nd Labour Coy.

Date of Death

Died 24 June 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

IV. A. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (7679) 13th Coy. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hugh and Hannah Finlay Riley of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription FOR KING & EMPIRE HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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