Soldiers of the RegimentPrivate
James Riley
1939-45 Star un-named, as issued, to Private James Riley, number
3779303, 1st King’s Own. Killed in action on Leros 14th to 16th November
1943
Accession Number: KO2498/01
Africa Star un-named, as issued, to Private James Riley, number 3779303,
1st King’s Own. Killed in action on Leros 14th to 16th November 1943
Accession Number: KO2498/02
Italy Star un-named, as issued, to Private James Riley, number 3779303,
1st King’s Own. Killed in action on Leros 14th to 16th November 1943
Accession Number: KO2498/03
War Medal un-named, as issued, to Private James Riley, number 3779303,
1st King’s Own. Killed in action on Leros 14th to 16th November 1943
Accession Number: KO2498/04
Defence Medal un-named, as issued, to Private James Riley, number
3779303, 1st King’s Own. Killed in action on Leros 14th to 16th November
1943
Accession Number: KO2498/05

Private James Riley
Accession Number: KO2498/06

Mounted newspaper cuttings relating to death of Private James Riley on
Leros and the King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2498/07a

Believed to be a group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King's Own
Royal Regiment, circa 1943.
Accession Number: KO2498/07b

Mounted newspaper cuttings relating to death of Private James Riley on
Leros and the King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2498/07c

Mounted newspaper cuttings relating to death of Private James Riley on
Leros and the King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2498/07d

Mounted newspaper cuttings relating to death of Private James Riley on
Leros and the King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2498/07e

'C' Company Group photo of 1st Battalion King’s Own circa May 1943 in
Syria (prior to the deployment to the Greek Island of Leros) with
Private James Riley marked in rear row.
Accession Number: KO2498/08

Accession Number: KO2498/08b

Accession Number: KO2498/08c

Accession Number: KO2498/08c

Accession Number: KO2498/08d

Accession Number: KO2498/08e
Book: Long Road to Leros by Leonard Marsland Gander ‘Special
Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph’ Published 1945.
Published by Macdonald & CO, Ltd. London, Jan 1945
Accession Number: KO2498/09

Sweetheart brooch, comprising a mess jacket collar badge and small chain
and pin
Accession Number: KO2498/10
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