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207099 Cpl. Horace Ernest Ayears British Army 579 Field Coy. Royal Engineers from:Aldershot, Hampshire (d.17th Jun 1940) My father, Cpl H E Ayears of Kent Fortress Royal Engineers TA, died on the Lancastria. He should have returned on the Duchess Of York but he volunteered to return to Honfleur with Captain T Goodwin (who survived) and party to destroy oil storage depot there. When they returned to the docks the Duchess Of York had sailed, so they boarded Lancastria. I have been told he was asleep in No 1 hold at time of bomb. I have obtained a lot of information from C.C. Brazier's book "XD Operations". It also contains a Roll Of Honour from his party from Kent Fortress Royal Engineers who died with him. Sapper H.W.Blackman. Lance Cpl.E.G.Brown. Sapper.S.J.Owen. Lance Cpl.E.E.Plummer Sapper.S.J.Ruck. Lance Cpl.Shute. Incidentally my mothers wedding ring fell off at 4 pm on the 17th of June 1940 into a bowl of water. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.