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Military service
Service number:
730379
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
January 13, 1898
Death:
November 11, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Walter and Susan Riley, of 534, Dundas St., Galt, Ontario. Native of Preston, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Herbert Riley
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Circumstances of Death Registers
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Record of Service
A white index card containing the name, rank and military history of a soldier of Waterloo County. Card also includes a red cross. From the Grace Schmidt Room of Local History, Digital Archive, Kitchener Public Library. -
Preston War Memorial
Preston Ontario Cenotaph. Dedicated November 8, 1926. The names of Preston soldiers killed in the Second World War were added in 1949. Inscribed: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PRESTON WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SHARED ITS DANGERS. -
Photo of Charles Riley
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Herbert Riley
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Herbert Riley
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Herbert Riley
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Herbert Riley
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Herbert Riley
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Herbert Riley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 316 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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