Driver Ernest Riley
122418 Royal Field Artillery
66th Small Arms Ammunition Column
Died of Malaria 22nd September 1916, aged 23
Lived at 311 Briercliffe Road
Buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece (D.699)
Burnley Express
4th October
1916 - 14th
October 1916
Commemorated on Elim
Primitive Methodists Memorial
I
was doing some research on my great-uncle Ernest Riley (122418) and found
him on your website. I was so touched to see that he is commemorated on
the memorial in Elim Primitive Methodists. As is so often the case my
grandma never really spoke about Ernest's death and the effect it had
on her family, but my mum (Ernest's niece) says that the family were devasted,
particularly his parents and older sisters.
(Courtesy of Nicky Smith)
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