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Captain ERIC S. AYRE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

II. E. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Chesley Ayre and Lydia Gertrude Ayre, of St. John's; husband of Janet Ayre, of St. John's, Newfoundland. His brother Bernard also fell on the same day.
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2543
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