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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

WILLIAM JOHN AYRES New Headstone

Photographer: CWGC

  • 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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