AMERSFOORT ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Utrecht
Netherlands
Location Information
Amersfoort is a town 50 kilometres south-east of Amsterdam. The cemetery is situated at the crossroads of the Utrechtseweg and Bergstraat. The single Commonwealth war grave is on the right side of the main path beyond the crosspath.
Historical Information
There is a single 1914-1918 war casualty commemorated in this site.
Amersfoort is a town 50 kilometres south-east of Amsterdam. The cemetery is situated at the crossroads of the Utrechtseweg and Bergstraat. The single Commonwealth war grave is on the right side of the main path beyond the crosspath.
Historical Information
There is a single 1914-1918 war casualty commemorated in this site.
4429 Private
Joseph Riley
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
14th January 1919 aged 27.
Plot 26. 24.
Lived at 76 Helena Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Joseph went to camp with the Special Reserve in July 1914, and on the outbreak of war he was at once drafted into the Expeditionary Force, going out on December 30 of the same year. He was taken prisoner on 14th May 1915 and died in Holland on the 14th January 1919, whilst on his way home to England.
Joseph Riley
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
14th January 1919 aged 27.
Plot 26. 24.
Lived at 76 Helena Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Joseph went to camp with the Special Reserve in July 1914, and on the outbreak of war he was at once drafted into the Expeditionary Force, going out on December 30 of the same year. He was taken prisoner on 14th May 1915 and died in Holland on the 14th January 1919, whilst on his way home to England.
