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Edward George Ayling (1911-2005)

Soldier
Service No:401110
Rank:Regimental Sergeant Major (after RSM Wass was wounded)
Squadron:HQ
Service:Enlisted in the Royal Tank Regiment at Chichester on 15 Feb 1926, aged 15y 10m.
Civilian
Occupation:Commercial Artist
Residence:3 Sterry Drive, Epsom, Surrey (1939)
Birth:7 Nov 1911 in Wandsworth, Surrey
Death:registered Feb 2005 in Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Marriage:to Eileen Rosa M Vizard registered Sep 1945 in Woolwich, London
Children:1 son
Parents
George Edward AylingMaggie Herring
Oar and Sail Maker, later Art Teacher.
22 Hotham Road, Putney (1911),
later 'Hillsview Studio', Forest Green, Surrey.
Birth 1888 in Putney.
Death 23 May 1960 in St. Luke's Hospital, Guildford, Surrey.
Birth 3 Jun 1888 in Wandsworth, London.
Death registered Jun 1970 in Sutton, Greater London.
Marriage registered Sep 1910 in Wandsworth, Surrey.

Notes

Edward's father, George Edward Ayling, was a talented painter whose time as an oar-maker spent on the Thames embankment, together with two nights' weekly attendance at the Putney School of Art, resulted in several exhibited paintings. He was also commissioned to produce posters used world-wide by the British Travel Association, British Rail and many Industrial Companies.

He married his second wife Violet Constance Hancock in Wandsworth, 1929.

At the time of his death, he was Honourable Secretary of the Society of Marine Artists, President of the Wapping Group of Artists and his last painting ("From Hungerford Bridge") had just been accepted for the 1960 Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition.

Edward is on the list of those who attended the 23H reunion in 1959.