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|Army number=255747
 
|Army number=255747
 
|Rank=Lt
 
|Rank=Lt
|Age=0
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|Age=56 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Lincolnshire Regiment - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 12/2/1942, Attached Durham Light Infantry 30/6/1944, Posted 11th Bn DLI, With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Attached Green Howards, Posted 7th Bn, Wounded.
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|Date of birth=31/1/1924 at Basford, Nottinghamshire.  Mother's maiden surname Greenwood.
|Company/Battery=S Coy
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|Unit=Joined the Lincolnshire Regiment - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 12/2/1942Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 30/6/1944 and posted to the 11th Battalion DLIWith the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Attached to the Green Howards and posted to the 7th Battalion.  Wounded.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank
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|Company/Battery=S Company.
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank Platoon.
 
|Task or role=Platoon 2 i/c 30/6/1944, Platoon Commander.
 
|Task or role=Platoon 2 i/c 30/6/1944, Platoon Commander.
|Joined Brigade=30-Jun-44
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|Joined Brigade=30-Jun-44.
|Promotions=W/S Lt 12/6/1943
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|Promotions=W/S Lt 12/6/1943.
|Wounded=Sometime after disbandment and before 1/11/1944
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|Wounded=Yes.  Sometime after disbandment and before 1/11/1944.
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|Died/Killed in action=Died 16/11/1980 at Sherwood, Nottinghamshire.  Probate granted 22/5/1981 at Nottingham Registry.
 
|Home address=Regimental Newsletter (? of 1st November 1944) indicated that he had been wounded - probably with 7th Green Howards.
 
|Home address=Regimental Newsletter (? of 1st November 1944) indicated that he had been wounded - probably with 7th Green Howards.
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
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Latest revision as of 11:17, 7 August 2019

Personnel Entry

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Name Taylor Peter Henry Riley
Army number 255747
Rank Lt
Decorations
Date of birth 31/1/1924 at Basford, Nottinghamshire. Mother's maiden surname Greenwood.
Age 56 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined the Lincolnshire Regiment - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 12/2/1942. Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 30/6/1944 and posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944. Attached to the Green Howards and posted to the 7th Battalion. Wounded.
Company/Battery S Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Anti-Tank Platoon.
Task or role Platoon 2 i/c 30/6/1944, Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 30-Jun-44.
Promotions W/S Lt 12/6/1943.
Wounded Yes. Sometime after disbandment and before 1/11/1944.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Died 16/11/1980 at Sherwood, Nottinghamshire. Probate granted 22/5/1981 at Nottingham Registry.
Home address Regimental Newsletter (? of 1st November 1944) indicated that he had been wounded - probably with 7th Green Howards.
Source table 11DLI