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Private EDWIN RILEY

Service Number: 240189
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 April 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA CHAPELETTE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, PERONNE

II. A. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Marmaduke and Esther Riley, of 85, Stanley St., Accrington.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA CHAPELETTE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, PERONNE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 577
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