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Sapper WILLIAM ARTHUR AYRES

Service Number: 243961
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Inland Water Transport

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. B. 43.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William Reynolds Ayres and Minnie Ayres, of 9, St. Edward's Rd., Reading. Formerly served in the 8th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regt.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE "HOW HE LOVED"
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