Ernest Riley
He was a miner.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
He was the son of Joseph and Fanny Riley.
His Father died when Ernest was young.
His Mother had remarried by the 1901 Census to a Charles Orrell.
Ernest married Sarah Ruth Leivers in the Basford Registration District in 1906.
He was living in Selston when his daughter Francis Mary was born in 1907 and by the time of his second child, Joseph's birth, in 1910 was living in Greasley.
In 1911 he was living with his family at 38 Lower Granby Street Ilkeston.
Unknown
He died in Eastwood on 4th March 1918 of influenza and was buried in St James churchyard at Brinsley.
Grave Reference : Old Ground Northwest of Church Grave : No. 1.
Commemorated : West Nottinghamshire Virtual War Memorial as : Ernest Riley.
Personal nscriptio reads : "Thy will be done".
Research by Peter Gillings
Additional information by Gary Crosby.
Photo Peter Gillings
Ernest Riley's headstone in St James's churchyard Brinsley
Photo of Ernest Riley
Photograph of Private, Ernest Riley's headstone in St. James' Churchyard, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on th23rd March 2025.
Photo of Ernest Riley
Photograph of St. James The Great Church and Churchyard, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire where Private, Ernest Riley is buried by Gary Crosby on the 23rd March 2025.