John Patrick Riley was an Irish soldier in the British Army who emigrated to the United States and subsequently enlisted in the United States Army.
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John Riley bust on pedestal, Plaza San Jacinto, San Angel, Mexico City
John Riley plaque on pedestal, Plaza San Jacinto, Mexico City
Inscription to the memory of the St Patrick's Battalion - Museo de las Intervenciones, Coyoacán, DF, Mexico
Sculpture in Clifden; the Riley plaque with misspelled surname missingAbout this person
John Patrick Riley was an Irish soldier in the British Army who emigrated to the United States and subsequently enlisted in the United States Army. During the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, Riley led several other defectors in the ranks who defected to Mexico, where they formed the Saint Patrick's Battalion in the Mexican Army.
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Lived 1824 to 1879 · aged 55
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