_Permanent Address_ 344 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.
_Business Address_ 53 State Street, Boston.
_Present Occupation_ Lawyer.
_Last heard from_ May, 1922.
Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. R., November 27, 1917.
Reported at Camp Devens, December 15, and attached to Company D,
303rd Infantry. Served overseas from July, 1918 to July, 1919, with
same organization.
*George William Ryley
_Next of Kin_ Mrs. Thomas Ryley (Mother), Andover Street,
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. R., November 27, 1917.
Reported to Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, January 5, 1918. Sailed
overseas on SS Mongolia, January 15, landing at Liverpool, January
30. Sailed from Southampton, January 31, landing Le Havre, February
1. Attended 2nd Corps School (Tactical Course), Chatillon-sur-Seine,
February 5 to March 10. Assigned to Company L, 102nd Infantry,
26th Division. With this organization during its service in the
Toul Sector. In Aisne-Marne Offensive, 102nd Infantry, attacked
near Bouresches, July 19. During advance when company commander
was wounded Ryley assumed command but was himself instantly killed
shortly afterwards leading the company through heavy machine gun
fire. Ryley’s body was first buried where he fell and then reburied
in the American Cemetery at Belleau Woods. His remains were brought
back to this country and buried in the West Parish Cemetery, Andover,
Massachusetts, on September 8, 1921.