RILEY, John
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Service:
Army
Service Number:
2567732
Died :
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
30
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Private John Riley was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge), later confirmed died of wounds. He has no known grave. Son of Thomas and Caroline Riley; husband of Lilian Riley, of Aston, Warwickshire.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/65 and WO417/74.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
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