WWI BWM. Riley. West Yorkshire regiment. Horden, Durham.

Correctly named 7768 Cpl D Riley W York R

David served with the 1st, 2nd and 15/17th (1st Leeds) Battalions.
He headed to France on the 8th of September 1914 to earn a 1914 Trio.

We find from records that on his discharge, his address was 76 New Sixth Street in Horden, Durham.
We fins a David Riley, born in 1888 living in Horden in 1921. The address is 15 Sixth Street. He is there as a boarder and is noted as being an out of work coal miner for Horden Colliery.
The medal has a modern replacement ribbon.