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Engine Room Mechanic 4Th Class JOSEPH AYRES

Service Number: C/MX 507843
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Lanka.

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

. 2.M. 1.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Ayres, of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire; husband of Constance Ayres, of Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORIES OF HIM ARE MY GREATEST TREASURE, IN MY HEART HE WILL LIVE FOR EVER
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