Basic Details
Surname
Riley
Forenames
Trevor
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
James Trevor
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra detail. Unmarried and an accomplished sportsman (golf and rugby), he was a Regular who had been commissioned in November 1912 but had also been in business with his Father in the wool trade before the war. One of the many of his regiment killed in the attack on the Schwaben Redoubt on September 3rd, 1916, he by rifle fire. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Age at death
22
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial