Hello My Grand dad served 466

[scaryman690]

 

help. Regards Ian Riley.

[Michelle Young]

And his name was? Posts just saying help are really not great. We need a LOT more information about him. Presumably, 466 was his number, but as soldiers did not have a unique number during the Great War, that’s not helpful either. 

[Tawhiri]

Looking at the OP's infrequent posts on the same topic, I presume it is 2nd Lieutenant Richard Riley that he is referring to.

https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/94103-bettisfield-camp/#comment-2595923

https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/261060-2nd-lt-richard-riley/

The only commissioned Richard Riley I can find is this individual who served with the Royal Field Artillery, which does seem to connect with the May 2018 mention of Bettisfield Camp..

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C727798

According to the Gazette he was first commissioned on 30 April 1917.

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30051/supplement/4326

The only fly in the ointment is that his medal index card says he first entered a theatre of war on 14 September 1917, which is not consistent with being gassed on the Somme in 1916 as per the OP's May 2018 post. The address on the medal index card is Mill House, Bronington, near Whitchurch, Salop.

Edited 29 April , 2024 by Tawhiri

[Dai Bach y Sowldiwr]

Let's not waste more time on speculation, and await the OP to return with full biographical details along with as much as they know about the subject's military history.