=====Joseph Riley=====
Major **Joseph Riley** is buried in St. James the Less Churchyard, Hadleigh, Essex, England.

^Major Joseph Riley||
^Rank|Major|
^Birth Date|1870|
^Death Date|October 7, 1947|
^Relations|[[Agnes Merritt Riley|Major Agnes Riley (wife)]]|
^ |[[Riley|Riley Family]]|

====Left His Father's Business====
First Contact with the Army, in Stafford, so stirred the heart and captured the imagination of Joseph Riley that it was not long before he felt that such work demanded not only his identification with the Salvationists as a soldier but fulltime service as an officer. This was no light matter, for he was one of four brothers who were all connected with the public-house business. However, in 1882 [sic. Most likely 1892] he left home to be trained as a Salvation Army officer.

For thirty-six years he faithfully strove to influence men and women for God, visiting them in their homes and delivering burning messages throughout the British Territory, until his retirement in 1928.

Among outstanding incidents and events remembered with joy and gratitude by the Major were contacts with the [[William Booth|Founder]], who paid several visits to his corps in earlier days, and the personal friendship of many officers who later became leaders in the Army. A red-letter occasion was when his long-service badge was presented to him by the Duchess of Hamilton in a large public gathering.

Majors [[Frederick Riley|Fred]] and [[William Riley]] (USA, [[Eastern Territory]]) are sons.

====External====
  * [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120927927/joseph-riley|Find a Grave]]