Basic Details
Surname
Riley
Forenames
Leonard
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
41238
Notes
The Roll lists address as 62 Orchard Street, New Fletton.

(CWGC records that Private L Riley, regimental number 41238, died on 28/8/1917 serving in 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, and is buried in grave I.E.22 at Tincourt New British Cemetery in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Stanground who was living in Peterborough when he enlisted in Northampton, and that he served in the Northamptonshire Regiment under regimental number 27282 before joining the Lincolnshire Regiment. The Medal Rolls do not record any service with the Northamptonshire Regiment, but state he served in the 28th Training Reserve Battalion under regimental number 12098 before joining the Lincolnshire Regiment. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died of wounds in France, and that his father John T Riley was his legatee.
Leonard Riley's birth was registered in the Peterborough District in 1898. On the 1911 census he was living with his parents Elizabeth and John Thomas Riley at 34 St Margaret's Road, Old Fletton, Peterborough; his place of birth was given as Stanground).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Lincolns
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
10th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Fricourt
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
August
Day of death
28
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds at 55th CCS
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
62 ORCHARD STREET,NEW FLETTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial