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Corporal HARRY AYRTON

Service Number: 706538
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 331st Bde.

Date of Death

Died 06 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Ada Ayrton, of 17, Alstone Rd., Heaton Chapel, Stockport. Native of Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED TO SERVE THOSE HE LOVED TEARFULLY WE ACCEPT HIS SACRIFICE

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Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1673
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