Service Details
Name:
 RILEY
Given Name:
 HARRY
Initials:
 H
Service No:
 FAA/FX. 82750
Rank:
 Air Mechanic 2nd Class
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Hermes
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-09
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before. Around seventy bombers were sent to dispatch the Hermes which sank within ten minutes.
Additional
Information:
Son of Alfred and Mary Ellen Riley, of Springs, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Bay 3, Panel 6.

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