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)




 

 

 

Back to Home Page Back to Burnley Roll of Honour