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NAME:                      Ayres, Joseph
RANK:                      Officer's Steward 2nd Class
UNIT:                      Royal Navy
BATTALION ETC:             HMS Glowworm
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         L/6251
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed when his ship damaged by explosion on an ammunition lighter 25th August 1919
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Archangel Allied Cemetery, Russian Federation (Special Memorial - actually buried in Bereznik Cemetery Extension, Semenovka.)
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 22. Born 4th April 1897 at Shoreditch, London, England.
                           Son of James & Caroline Ayres.
                           In 1911 family living (mother a widow) at 29 Brunswick Street, Shoreditch, London.
                           Husband of Nellie Ayres of 142 Wingfield St., Landport, Portsmouth.
                           Married Jan/Feb/March 1919.
                           Mother Carolina of 13 Ridley St, Dalston, E8 (RN War Graves Roll).