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Flight Sergeant JOHN COATES RILEY

Service Number: 1389192
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

35 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 November 1943

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 9. H. 7-12.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Jane Riley, of Manchester; husband of Elsie Riley, of Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription THERE SHALL BE IN THAT RICH EARTH A RICHER DUST CONCEALED; A DUST WHOM ENGLAND BORE
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Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3339
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