Roy Novello Riley

This name is on the St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SW9R. N. Riley(Roy Novello Riley)(Riley, Roy Novello)Service no 132179Private, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment), 13th BattalionDied age 18 on 8 August 1916Only son of Alfred Novello Riley and Mary Elizabeth Riley, of 57, Wiltshire Rd., Brixton, London, England.Remembered at Chester Farm Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium and at St Mark's Church, LondonInformation from Canadian Great War ProjectNext of kin: Mr. Alfred Novello Riley, Father, 235 Sherbrooke Street, West, Montreal, QuebecTrade or calling: Auto CovererMarital status: SinglePlace of enlistment: Montreal, QuebecDate of enlistment: 3 September 1915Age at enlistment: 18Height: 5 feet 9 inchesChest: 33 inches; Expansion: 4 inchesReligion: PresbyterianInformation from the 1911 censusAlfred (62) and Mary Elizabeth Novello (40) are on the 1911 census as visitors to Walter Ernest Smart, a bookmaker's clerk, and his family at 46 Knowle Road. Alfred's occupation is given as hotel manager. He was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, she in Derby. Their six-year-old daughter Maude Sylvia Riley was with them. There were three children from the marriage at this stage.