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Military service
Service number:
459
Age:
47
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Welland Canal Force
Death:
January 23, 1918
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Son of the late Thomas and Ellen Riley; husband of the late Mary Riley.
Digital gallery of Private William Riley
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Grave marker
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Riley died of heart failure due to an epileptic fit. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2917&sqn=557&tt=1394&PHPSESSID=1rrl4ggs82s4psi6vsrfnjfif2
Digital gallery of
Private William Riley
Digital gallery of
Private William Riley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 491 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NIAGARA FALLS (LUNDY'S LANE) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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