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Rifleman CHARLES AYRES

Service Number: 45789
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

X. B. 9.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st/18th Bn. London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sophia Ayres, of 5, Alms Houses, Bridge Rd., Maidenhead.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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