Private 49621 William Riley
Regiment/Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 21773, S Lancs Regt.
Age at death: 19
Date of death: 1st of October 1918
Born: Greenbank, St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial - Panel 70 to 72.
Family details:
Son of Mary Riley, of 25, Eccleston St., St. Helens, Lancs, and the late William Riley.
Census details:
1901 - 3 years old William is living at 420 Stubshaw Cross, Ashton-In-Makerfield with parents William (37), Mary Ann (33) and brother Thomas (1). 1911 - Sees 12 years old schoolboy William living at Station Road, Rainhill with parents William (48), Mary (39) and four siblings: Thomas (10), Mary (8), John (6), Richard (3). (All siblings were born at Ashton-In-Makerfield.
[pic]imgs/TyneCotPhotos/RileyW_RoyalInniskilling.JPG[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private William Riley on the Tyne Cot Memorial
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
