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Norman Victor Riva

18 August 2015 by SWM

N.V. Riva
Service no. 1891
Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd Battalion
Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Lambeth
Killed in action on 31 March 1915, aged 18
CWGC: “Son of Mr E. Riva, of 46 Priory Grove, South Lambeth, London.”
Remembered at Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery, Houplines, France

Information from the censuses

Norman Riva, 14 in 1911, was a dental assistant. He lived five rooms at 46 Priory Grove, South Lambeth, with his parents and siblings. Riva’s father, Charles Edward Forrester Riva, 42, a warehouseman (provisions), was from Camberwell; his mother, Susannah (née Martin), 41, was born in Westminster. Their six surviving children (of seven) were:
Francis Riva, 16, a railway clerk
Norman Riva, 14
William Riva, 11, at school and helping on a milk round
Ida RIva, 8
Dora RIva, 2
Edgar Riva, 7 months
All were born in South Lambeth. In 1901 the Riva family were living at 52 Priory Grove.

Filed Under: R names, Stockwell War Memorial Tagged With: 1915, age 18, France, KIA

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