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Stoker Abraham Ayre
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Stoker Abraham Ayre

Birth
Death
9 Jul 1917 (aged 33–34)
Monument
Chatham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England Add to Map
Plot
- HMS "Vanguard" (battleship) //27
Memorial ID
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HMS "Vanguard" (battleship)
Service No: 3374S Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. 'Vanguard.'
Husband of Mary Ann Ayre, of 2, Henriette St., Thornaby-on-Tees.

© Allen Tony † 26/06/2007:
" The eighth HMS VANGUARD of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent class battleship,....
Just before midnight on Monday, July 9, 1917, VANGUARD suffered an explosion in one of the two magazines which served the amidships turrets P and Q.
She sank almost instantly, killing 677 men."
© Jan Lettens 01/01/2015:
" In terms of loss of life, the explosion on HMS Bulwark remains the second most catastrophic explosion in the history of the UK, killing 738 sailors. The most deadly explosion in British history was that of HMS Vanguard, caused by a stokehold fire detonating a magazine, at Scapa Flow in 1917."
HMS "Vanguard" (battleship)
Service No: 3374S Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. 'Vanguard.'
Husband of Mary Ann Ayre, of 2, Henriette St., Thornaby-on-Tees.

© Allen Tony † 26/06/2007:
" The eighth HMS VANGUARD of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent class battleship,....
Just before midnight on Monday, July 9, 1917, VANGUARD suffered an explosion in one of the two magazines which served the amidships turrets P and Q.
She sank almost instantly, killing 677 men."
© Jan Lettens 01/01/2015:
" In terms of loss of life, the explosion on HMS Bulwark remains the second most catastrophic explosion in the history of the UK, killing 738 sailors. The most deadly explosion in British history was that of HMS Vanguard, caused by a stokehold fire detonating a magazine, at Scapa Flow in 1917."

Gravesite Details

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