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Burial/memorial information
Son of Frederick William and Mary Julia (Pitts) Ayre, of St. John's, Newfoundland. Brother of Dora, Arthur, Harold, Cecil, Charles, Ruby, James and Marjory.
His cousins, Bernard Pitts Ayre, Wilfrid Ayre and Eric Stanley Ayre died on the same date.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre
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Photo of Gerald Ayre
Gerald Ayre, son of Frederick William and Mary Julia Ayre of St. John's, Newfoundland. Killed at age 25. Four members of the Ayre Family of St. John's were killed in action at the Battle of Somme on July 1, 1916. He is commemorated at the Beaumont-Hamel Memorial, France. -
Photo of Gerald and his cousin Bernard
Picture of Gerald (left) and his cousin Bernard Pitts Ayre (right). Bernard also died at Beaumont-Hamel on the same date. -
Photo of GERALD AYRE
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Photo of GERALD AYRE
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Inscription on Beaumont Hamel Memorial
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Caribou at Beaumont-Hamel (Newfoundland) Memorial
Caribou at Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Gerald Ayre
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Inscription
Inscription - Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Caribou at Beaumont-Hamel (Newfoundland) Memorial
Caribou - Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
BEAUMONT-HAMEL (NEWFOUNDLAND) MEMORIAL
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 9 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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