Sergeant Charles Gordon Riley
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Riley,
Charles Gordon
Date of birth: 1896-01-11
Place of birth: Inwood Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. (Lawrence - struck out) Riley (mother,) Inwood, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Office Clerk
Occupation (normalized): Office Clerk, General
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Thelus Military Cemetery, II. B. 6.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 124319
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(24th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Sergeant, 24th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private, 20th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-10-21 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack East of Neuville St. Vaast
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 296900
LAC ID:
618363
Service file: B8280-S056
Uploader's Notes:
Only son of Minta Brown Riley, of Inwood, Ontario, and the late Lawrence A. Riley.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 20th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 24th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-04-18