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Pte. Joseph Riley
British Army 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:76 Helena Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
(d.14th Jan 1919)
Joseph Riley went to camp with the Special Reserve in July 1914, and on the outbreak of war he was at once drafted into the Expeditionary Force, going out on December 30 of the same year. He was taken prisoner on 14th May 1915 and died in Holland on the 14th January 1919, while on his way home to England. He was aged 27 and is buried in the Amersfoort Roman Catholic Cemetery in Holland.