Frank Riley (Reilly)

Rank:	Trooper
Street:	New Street
Townland:
Town/Village:	Granard
Civil Parish:	Granard
Catholic Parish:
Country:
Alternative Address:	Toronto, Canada/ 225 Bowery, New York, USA (possible).
Census 1901:	Possible 1901 census entry at Barrack Street www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Granard_Urban__in_26_files_/Barrack_Street/1550014/
Census 1911:	Possible 1911 census for Grassyard, Granard www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Granard_Urban/Grassyard/583629/
Regiment/Unit:	Depot Squadron Royal Canadian Dragoons, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force.
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Date of Death:
Cause:	Survived the war
Memorial:
Information:	Frank Riley name may have been Reilly was born in Granard on the 26 May 1892*. Prior to enlistment he was working as a railway (R.R) fireman, stoking locomotives. enlisted in January 1918 at Toronto. He appears to have also been registered in the US draft in 1917, giving a similar birth-date (28 May 1892).
Parents Names:	Frank Riley, (Reilly) father
Notes:	On the attestment form his birth date is given as 1892, although he may have in fact been born in 1886.
Links:	Link to CEF army record;

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