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 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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