We remember Gerald Walter Ayre

We remember Gerald Walter Ayre

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Timeline

Timeline

1891
birth St John's Newfoundland Canada Source:7373191 1891
1916
dates Age 25 Source:8601709 1st July 1916
education Methodist College Source:8601709
education Rossall College Source:8601709
service British Army Second Lieutenant 869 Royal Newfoundland Regiment 1st Battalion Source:8626926
1916
death Killed in Action Beaumont - Hamel, Somme France Source:7373191 1st July 1916
burial Beaumont-Hamel (newfoundland) Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France Source:7373191

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Gerald Walter
Initials GW
Last Name Ayre
Source 8601709
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 869 Royal Newfoundland Regiment 1st Battalion Second Lieutenant
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary Julia Ayre mother
Frederick William Ayre father

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

External Evidence

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Feature in Virtual Scrapbook Charlotte33
Poem written about the Ayre family Charlotte33
Soldier Files for Royal Newfoundland Regiment Lizbet72994
Canadian Virtual Memorial Lizbet72994

Multimedia

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Second Lieutenant Gerald Ayre aged 25 Anne1202
Caribou Memorial at Beaumont-Hamel Anne1202
Identity discs Lizbet72994
The Newfoundland Beamont Hamel Memorial. Desmond1478
Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre. Desmond1478
Centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Desmond1478

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