Private 10432 Edward Riley
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 6th Bn.
Theatre of War: Gallipoli
Theatre of War First Served: (2b) Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 01/07/1915
Age at death: 19
Date of death: 10th of August 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Helles Memorial - Panel 139 and 140.
Family details:
Son of Patrick Riley, of 20, Union St., St. Helens, Lancs.
Census details:
1901 - 5 years old Edward is living at 3 Barrow Street, St Helens with parents Patrick (38), Elizabeth (36) and five siblings: Bridget (13), John (11), Philip (9), Ellen (7), Mary J (1). Also at the address are cousins Hugh Gaffney (22), John Gaffney (17) and boarder James Dealy (46). 1911 - Sees 15 years old 'Grocer's Assistant' Edward living at 5 Barrow Street, St Helens with widowed father Patrick (46) and seven siblings: Bridget (23), Philip (19), Mary Josephine (11), Elizabeth (9), Joseph (7), Thomas (5), Francis (2).
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/SLR_3.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Helles Memorial bearing the inscription for Private Edward Riley
(Photograph courtesy of Phil Wood off GWF )[/caption]
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[caption]Edward is remembered on the [url=lmem.php?lmem=10]Lowe House Memorial[/url][/caption]
