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Private WILLIAM JOHN AYRES

Service Number: 6139935
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KASTER CHURCHYARD

Grave 7.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Emily Ayres, of Kentish Town, London.
  • Personal Inscription WE SHALL REMEMBER HIM ALWAYS
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Buried or commemorated at

KASTER CHURCHYARD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 17
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