Edward AYRES

EDWARD AYRES. ABLE SEAMAN 183283 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS INTREPID BORN 12 MAR 1878 AT HORSHAM ESSEX. ENLISTED 26 MAR 1895 OCCUPATION PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT, MILLER. DIED 17 JUN 1903 AGED 25 OF ENTERIC FEVER AT A HOSPITAL IN MALTA. SON OF THOMAS AND ELLEN. 1891 HE WAS LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS AND SIBLINGS AT MILL COTTAGES IFIELD, SHORHAM, SUSSEX. IN 1901 HE WAS IN GIBRALTAR WITH THE ROYAL NAVY ON HMS MAJESTIC. (ALONG WITH AB WILLIAM P PANNELL WHO IS AT REST IN GRAVE 47) HIS FATHER WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 23.6.03.

AT REST IN PLOT A GRAVE 48 KALKARA NAVAL CEMETERY, MALTA. Unnamed burial