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Surname: AYRTON
Forename(s): Richard
Place of Birth: Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire
Service No: 191103
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Battery 180th Brigade
Division: 16th (Irish) Division
Age: 41
Date of Death: 1918-04-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. G. 22.
CWGC Cemetery: AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CARLETON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Richard Aryton (born 5 August 1876) was the son of James and Hannah Ayrton, née Whitehead. James was born at Bell Busk, Yorkshire and Hannah at Haslingden, Lancashire. Richard was the uncle of Sergeant Henry Ayrton (266192) (q.v.) and Gunner Fred Whitham (80543) (q.v.).
1881 Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 1, High Street - Richard Ayrton, aged 4 years, born Carlton [sic], son of James and Hannah Ayrton.
1891 Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 1, Croft Terrace - Richard Ayrton, aged 14 years, born Carleton, son of James and Hannah Ayrton.
Richard was married to Grace Overend in 1896.
1901 Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 4, Aire View - Richard Ayrton, aged 24 years, born Carleton, husband of Grace Ayrton. [Richard and Grace were living with her mother, Matilda Overend, widow.]
1911 Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 2, Oxford Terrace - Richard Ayrton, aged 34 years, born Carleton, husband of Grace Ayrton.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Richard Ayrton, 191103, R.F.A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gnr Richard Ayrton, 191103, R.F.A. Dead 29.4.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Gnr Richard Ayrton, 191103, C/180 Bde R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 29.4.18. Wounds. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Grace. £8 15s. 11d. Son - Edwin. £4 11s. 8d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Richard. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Grace, born 24.3.76. Address: 2, Oxford Terrace, Carleton, Nr Skipton.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
AYRTON, Gunner R., aged 41, R.F.A., Oxford Terrace, [Carleton], died of wounds 1918.
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Gunner Richard AYRTON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 16th (Irish) Division
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Marriage Register of St. Mary’s Church, Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire
Entry for the marriage of Richard Ayrton to Grace Overend, 7 July 1896
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24 August 1917
CARLETON-IN-CRAVEN - NEWS FROM CARLETON SOLDIERS
Mr. I. Whitehead has received letters of appreciation from some of the 'boys.'
Gunner R. Ayrton writes:- "I again thank you for the present that I received a few days ago. It makes me think that at home the boys are not quite forgotten and you must convey my thanks to the committee for forwarding the order. I am going on very well. The weather here is splendid, sun shining all day, and nice rain in the evenings, everything looks at its best. I hope you are all keeping in the best of health."
03 May 1918
CARLETON - Wounded
Mrs. R. Ayrton has received news of her husband, Private R. Ayrton, who is seriously wounded, and has been admitted to hospital.
10 May 1918
Gunner R. Ayrton, Carleton
The villagers of Carleton received the news with deep sorrow this weekend of the death, following wounds received in action on the Western Front, of Gunner Richard Ayrton, with whose widow and son full sympathy is felt. The information from the Church of England Chaplain, Rev. J. Plowden Wardlaw, shows that the sad event took place on April 29th, and the remains were interred at Aire-sur-Lys the same day. He received a shell would in the head and everything was done for him by the medical staff and nursing sisters. The service was conducted by the Chaplain who, in his sympathetic letter to the widow, speaks highly of the deceased soldier. He was much respected in the village, where he was a useful worker in many good causes, and the sacrifice of his life, aged 41 years, has come as a shock. As the Chaplain truly says:- "he has given the most valuable in his possession, his life, for the great cause of England and what she stands for."
02 May 1919
AYRTON - In loving memory of Gunner Richard Ayrton, who died from wounds April 29th, 1918, and was buried at Ayr-sur-Lys.
"May his reward be as great as his sacrifice."
From his loving Wife and Son, 2 Oxford Terrace, Carleton.
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03 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Carleton Soldier Wounded
Mrs. Richard Ayrton, of Oxford Terrace, Carleton, has received information from the Record Office, Woolwich, that her husband, Gunner Richard Ayrton, of the R.F.A., has been wounded, and is at present at a clearing station and has not to be visited.
10 May 1918
AYRTON - Died of wounds, Gunner R. Ayrton, of the R.F.A., husband of Mrs. Ayrton, of Oxford Terrace, Carleton, aged 41.
10 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Carleton Soldier's Death
Last week's issue of the 'Pioneer' contained a report which had been received from the Record Office at Woolwich Dockyard by Mrs. Richard Ayrton, of Oxford Terrace, Carleton, that her husband, Gunner R. Ayrton, of the R.F.A., had been seriously wounded, and was at a clearing station, and could not be visited. Mrs. Ayrton has since received notice that her husband has died from wounds received in action. Gunner Ayrton joined up in October, 1916, and went out to France last February. He is 41 years of age, and before joining the colours he was employed as a weaver at Broughton Road Shed. He was well-known and highly respected by all who knew him. He leaves a wife and son to mourn their loss.
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