224260 Sgt. Thomas Riley British Army 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers from:Vicarage Grove, Eccles (d.24th Apr 1918) My maternal grandfather Thomas Riley was born in Hunslet, Leeds in 1888. He volunteered in February 1915 in the Salford Pals. He was wounded at Loos, fought at the Somme, Ancre, Beaumont-Hammel, Arras, Messines and Passchendaele, and was wounded Ypres 1917 for which he was mentioned in despatches. He died at Kemmel Hill during the Battle of Lys leaving a widow, Maria, and three children, Norah, Margaret, Alfred.
His photograph is not in the Lancashire Fusiliers Museum, Bury - which is a mystery, thought to be due to him volunteering very quickly in Manchester and then allowed to transfer after finding that his friends joined later in Salford. Additional Information: | Sgt.Tom Riley No. 13746, was employed as an Iron Driller by Frederick Smith & Co, Aconda Works, Salford and was listed on the Roll of Honour at their premises. He was listed on the Roll of Honour at the Sacred Trinity Church, Bury St Salford and he is commemorated at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Belgium. He was in a Manchester Hospital recovering from the wounds sustained at Ypres late in 1917 but with others was selected "walking wounded" to return to Ypres in 1918. He was killed 24th April 1918 when the German Army mounted "Operation Georgette".Walter Cuthbert
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