Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Robert Chesley Ayre and Lydia Gertrude Ayre, of St. John's. Husband of Janet Morrison Ayre (née Miller), of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Brother of Captain Bernard Pitts Ayre who died on July 1, 1916 while serving with the Norfolk Regiment (British Expeditionary Force).
Digital gallery of Captain Eric Stanley Ayre
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Photo of Eric Stanley Ayre
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Picture of Eric Stanley Ayre
A picture of Eric in his Militiary Uniform. -
Photo of ERIC STANLEY AYRE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ERIC STANLEY AYRE
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Medals
Medallion (top), British War Medal (left) and Victory Medal/Inter-Allied War Medal (right) received by the Ayre family after Eric's death. -
Commission papers
Commission papers appointing Eric to the rank of Lieutenant. -
Grave site of Eric Stanley Ayre
The grave site of Captain Eric Ayre. -
Telegraph sent to Eric's wife
Telegraph sent to Eric's wife informing her of his death. -
Marriage certificate
Marriage certificate of Eric Stanley Ayre and Janet Morrison Miller, July 19, 1915. -
Photo of Eric Stanley Ayre
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of ERIC STANLEY AYRE
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Newfoundland Legion magazine “Lest We Forget”. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Eric Stanley Ayre
Digital gallery of
Captain Eric Stanley Ayre
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 9 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY is in the Department of the Somme, about 2 kilometres south of the village of Beaumont-Hamel.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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