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Private WILLIAM VICTOR RILEY

Service Number: 39746
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

III. J. 32.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Riley, of 281, Morton St., Longsight, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription O DEATH WHERE IS THY STING? O GRAVE WHERE IS THY VICTORY?
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Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3295
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