Ernest RILEY

Main CPGW Record

Surname: RILEY

Forename(s): Ernest

Place of Birth: Glusburn, Yorkshire

Service No: 3735

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment / Corps / Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Battalion / Unit: 51st Coy

Division: 17th (Northern) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1917-12-27

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. D. 7.

CWGC Cemetery: RIBECOURT ROAD CEMETERY, TRESCAULT

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Ernest Riley was the son of Eli and Elizabeth Riley, née Earnshaw. Eli was born at Bradley near Skipton and Elizabeth at Glusburn, Yorkshire.

1891 Glusburn, Yorkshire Census: Croft Head Terrace - Ernest Riley, aged 2 months, born Glusburn, son of Eli and Elizabeth Riley.

1901 Morecambe, Lancashire Census: Carleton Street - Ernest Riley, aged 10 years, born Glusburn, Yorkshire, son of Eli and Elizabeth Riley.

Ernest was married to Minnie Ravenscroft in 1915.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Sgt Ernest Riley, 20583, R. Lanc. R.; 3735, M.G.C.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Sgt Ernest Riley, 20583, R. Lanc. R.; 3735, M.G.C. K. in A. 27.12.17.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Sgt Ernest Riley, 3735, 51 Coy. M.G.C. Date and Place of Death: 27.12.17 in action France or Belgium. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and Grantee - Minnie Guilbert. £21 13s. 1d. [Minnie married Robert James Guilbert in 1919.]

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Ernest. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Minnie, born 24.5.89. Address: 42, Baxter Street, Morecombe [sic], Lancs. Daughter: Margaret Elizabeth, born 2.10.16.

Ernest is commemorated on Morecambe & Heysham Cenotaph.

Photograph: 'Morecambe Visitor & Heysham Chronicle' (9 January 1918) - kindly supplied by the ‘Lancaster Military Heritage Group’ website.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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