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Private ROBERT HERBERT RILEY

Service Number: 27415
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. I. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Maggie Riley, of Burnley; husband of Lily Riley, of 16 Back, Halifax Rd., Briercliffe, Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE BEST HE NOBLY DID HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 592
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