Army Number : 12404

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of Mr. And Mrs. John Riley, of 13, Bolsover St., Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. He was a coal miner at Bestwood Colliery, Nottinghamshire. He also served in Gallipoli and Egypt. He was killed in action 26th September 1916, age 23.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private Riley is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
St. Mary Magdalene Church War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.