Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Robert Chesley Ayre and Lydia Gertrude (Pitts) Ayre, of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Brother of Captain Eric Stanley Ayre who died on July 1, 1916 while serving with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont Hamel.
His cousins Second Lieutenant Gerald Walter Ayre and Second Lieutenant Wilfrid Douglas Ayre also died on July 1, 1916 at Beaumont Hamel.
Digital gallery of Captain Bernard Pitts Ayre
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Photo of Bernard Pitts Ayre
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Medals
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Picture of Bernard Ayre and his cousin Gerald
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Grave Marker
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Photo of BERNARD PITTS AYRE
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Photo of Bernard Pitts Ayre
Digital gallery of
Captain Bernard Pitts Ayre
Digital gallery of
Captain Bernard Pitts Ayre
Digital gallery of
Captain Bernard Pitts Ayre
Digital gallery of
Captain Bernard Pitts Ayre
Digital gallery of
Captain Bernard Pitts Ayre
Digital gallery of
Captain Bernard Pitts Ayre
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 8 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France
Carnoy is a village just north of the road, D938, from Albert to Peronne, about 10 kilometres east-south-east of Albert. The CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY is on the south side of the village, on the north side of the road to Maricourt.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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