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Private WILLIAM JAMES HENRY RILEY

Service Number: 250080
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

"B" Coy. 102nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

B. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Richard and Orpha Marion Riley, of 107, Tillard Avenue, Toronto. Born at Londesborough, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS YOUNG LIFE FOR OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 87
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