Somercotes Soldiers (SLHS SP 130)
| Photo ID #: | 4208 | |
| Description: | Somercotes Soldier George Riley of the Sherwood Foresters WW I. | |
| Category: | Somercotes-Families | |
| Location: | Somercotes- Soldiers | |
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George was the son of George and Alice Riley. He was born in 1891 at Alfreton, Derbyshire. At some point before the census return of 1901 George Riley Snr and his family moved to Leabrooks Road, Somercotes. The family still lived there at the time of the 1911 census, when George Jnr was 19 years old. He was still living with his parents and siblings, and was employed as a Loader at on of the local coal mines.