RILEY, John

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Service: 
Army
Number: 
2567732
Died : 
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
30
Cemetery/Memorial: 

Private John Riley died during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). He has no known grave. Son of Thomas and Caroline Riley; husband of Lilian Riley, of Aston, Warwickshire.

Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.

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