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Gnr. James George Ayres
British Army 5th Brigade, 402nd Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Acton, London
(d.3rd December 1917)
Gunner James George Ayres born in Acton in 1897, the sixth of eight children of William and Elizabeth Ayres. He served with the 402nd Battery, 5th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and was probably posted to France when he was 19 in mid-1917. He died on 3rd of December 1917 aged 20 years and is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France. Tincourt was a casualty clearing station so it is possible he was brought there and died of his wounds. He is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.