Percy Riley
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Percy Riley was born in 1893 at Hucknall and was the son of John coal miner and Mary Riley née Royal of 13 Bolsover Street, Hucknall. His father John was born in 1842 at Basford, his mother Mary Royal was born in 1848 at Bagthorpe, they were married in 1867 their marriage was recorded in the Basford Registration district, they went on to have the following children, Samuel b1867 Mary Elizabeth b1870, William b1873, Julia b1875, Arthur b1877, James b1880, John b1888 and Percy b1893. In the 1911 census the family lived at 13 Bolsover Street Hucknall Torkard and were shown as John 69 yrs a coal miner stall man, he is living with his wife Mary 63 yrs and their children, Samuel 44 yrs a coal miner stall man, William 38 yrs a coal miner loader, Arthur 34 yrs a coal miner loader, John 23 yrs a coal miner and Percy 18 yrs a coal miner pony driver.
Percy Riley served with the battalion on Gallipoli and in Egypt. On 1 July 1916 they arrived in France and spent time on the Arras front before moving to the Somme. Percy was killed during the attack near Thiepval on 26 September 1916. The battalion took three lines of trenches in a successful attack but it was at a high cost and one of those to die was Percy. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. The medal index card gives date of death as 26/10/1916 but this is incorrect. John Morse
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