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Military service
Service number:
628113
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
January 16, 1880
Enlistment:
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
November 11, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Harry Ayres, of Reading, England; husband of Carrie E. M. Ayres, of Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Harry Ayres
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
The Chilliwack Progress, 7 Dec 1916 -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Ayres
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Ayres
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Ayres
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Ayres
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Ayres
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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