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Sapper RUSSELL RILEY

Service Number: 488614
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

78th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

III. G. 31.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of M. Adelaide Riley, of 212, Wash Lane, Bury.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY NOBLY DONE TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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