Basic Details
Surname
Riley
Forenames
Lewis
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was originally from nearby Sowerby, was not married and enlisted in August 1914. He was wounded in 1915 whilst serving at Ypres and then severely wounded in his thigh in the failed attacked on the Schwaben Redoubt on 3/9/16 on the Somme. He died of blood poisoning following that wound at Frensham Hill Military Hospital and was buried in his home village of Sowerby. He is also commemorated on IWM 2689.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Franham
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Sowerby, Halifax
Cemetery
St Peter's Churchyard
Year of death
1916
Month of death
November
Day of death
11
Age at death
19
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial