In Memory Of
RILEY, HARRY
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
FAA/FX. 82750
Rank:
Air Mechanic 2nd Class
Unit:
H.M.S. Hermes
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1942-04-09
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Bay 3, Panel 6.
Cemetery:
LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Alfred and Mary Ellen Riley, of Springs, Transvaal, South Africa.
