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Private GEORGE WILLIAM ERNEST AYRES

Service Number: G/1831
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

VII. R. I.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Sarah Ayres, of 2, Eastwood Rd., Bramley, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR KING, HOME & COUNTRY UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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