Very little is
known about this man. Avery, Pte J, Ry Marine Artillery first appears in Chailey Parish Magazine in April 1916. By
October 1916, the magazine notes his rank as Gunner and it would appear that he served throughout the war, his final entry
in July 1919 simply reading Avery, Gunner J, Ry Marine Artillery.
Three other Chailey
men with the surname Avery served in the First World War – Arthur, Harry and Thomas - and it is possible that J Avery was related to all or some of these men.
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