hello caroline
I don't know what info you already have so I will post what I have for you
1261 james,edward riley
enlisted 10-8-1910
1/7th manchesters
born 1887
grey cloth warehouseman
33 corporation st,ardwick
married Elizabeth,ann Hargreaves st wilfreds church,hulme 11-1-1908
he served all the way through the gllipoli campaigne until he was sent home on 30th December 1915,discharged 4-2-16 as a time expired soldier,time expired means he had served the 5yrs 172 days of his service,he re-enlisted on 24-7-16,1/7th manchesters,army number 275463.
transferred to royal engineers as a first class signaller with the rank of corporal,posted to signal squadron,3rd cavalry division,army number 341781
embarked for france 27-7-18 till 31-3-19
demobbed 29-4-19
his wife Margaret died in the Spanish flu epidemic on 13th November 1918 after going into premature labour
in 1924,james was living at 14 bank st,hulme
mack