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Sapper EDWARD LAWRENCE BUTLER

Service Number: 246355
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

5th Field Survey Coy.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY

IV. I. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Mary Lumsden Butler, of 36, Kent Rd., Harrogate. Native of Port Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 531
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