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Private Ernest Roy Riches

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1891-06-18
Place of birth: Brockville Ontario Canada
Next of kin: George Lewis Riches, Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Mechanic
Occupation (normalized): Motor-Vehicle Mechanics, Specialisation Unknown
Date of death: 1915-05-08
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 10

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 51394
Rank detail

Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Bellewaerde Lake/Frezenberg

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1595566
LAC ID: 601733
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B8258-S002
Uploader's Notes: Son of George Lewis Riches and Emeline Riches, of 8, Worthington St. West, North Bay, Ontario. Original overseas unit 32nd Canadian Infantry Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field March 15, 1915.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2007-10-15