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Gunner JAMES JOSEPH AYRES

Service Number: 1432371
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

86 (5th Bn. The Devonshire Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

Joint grave XIV. A. 11-12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph William and Dorothy Amy Ayres, of Gravesend, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription WHEN HIS HOPES WERE BEST GOD TOOK HIM FROM HIS DUTY. GOOD NIGHT, MY SON, GOD BLESS
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