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Noel Haughton Riley (1924- )

Soldier
Service No:311839
Rank:2nd Lieutenant
Squadron:B
Service:Commissioned 2/Lieut on 5 Mar 1944. Joined 23H on 14 Mar.
Wounded:28 Jun 1944
Mentioned in:
War Diary
14 Mar 1944, 27 Jun 1944
23H Story
Page 274
Casualty List
Record
Civilian
Residence:1 Croft Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire (1939),
41 Sandacre Road, Northenden, Manchester (1955, 58)
Birth:registered Mar 1924 in Prestwich, Lancashire
Marriage:to Kathleen Kelly 1947 in Manchester (Register Office or Registrar Attended)
Children:2 daughters
Parents
Robert RileyMay Moores
Managing Director, Company Manufacturing Hand Trucks.
1 Croft Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire (1939).
Birth 30 Aug 1888 in Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire.
Birth 14 Feb 1895 in Hornsey, Middlesex.
Baptism 29 Nov 1895 at St Mark's Church, Noel Park, Haringey, London.
Death registered Jun 1952 in Hyde, Cheshire.
Marriage 1920 at St Werburgh's Church, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire.

Notes

The War Diary states that Noel was wounded on 27 Jun 1944; all other sources say the following day.

He was credited with the invention of an "Endless track vehicle" in 1963 and "A sledge for slidably transporting an upended grand piano" in 1968.