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Military service
Service number:
J/35063
Age:
33
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
424 Sqdn.
Birth:
April 26, 1911
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
July 10, 1942
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
October 15, 1944
Idum, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 270-276.
Additional information
Son of Arthur Scott and Thelma Annie I. (née Talley) Riley of Rossland, British Columbia. Brother of Ralph, Lester, Carl, Charles, Alexander, George and Velma. Husband of Ivy Kazia (nee Belbeck) Riley and father of Sherrel Anne and Carol Lee, of Castlegar, British Columbia.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley
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Photo of Virgil Riley
My Father<P> Photo of F/O Virgil Lee Riley and his wife, Ivy Belbeck Riley taken in September 1943. This is my favourite photo. I believe they were both heros...she was left with 2 daughters age 6 and 2 when he was killed in 1944..and went on to build our house with her own hands, take jobs outside the home when few women did, and gave us a good life. I was a year old when I last saw my father.<P> Carolee<P> Submitted on behalf of Carolee by Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Virgil Riley
My Father<P> Photo of F/O Virgil Lee Riley. I was a year old when I last saw my father.<P> Carolee<P> Submitted on behalf of Carolee by Operation Picture Me -
Funeral
The funeral of Virgil and his Crew Mates.<P> Submitted on behalf of his daughter Carolee by Operation Picture Me -
Cemetery
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Memorial
Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Virgil Lee Riley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 428 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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IDUM CHURCHYARD Denmark
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