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Lieutenant JOHN DESMOND BUTCHER

Service Number: 288825
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

I, B, 26.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry George and Ethel Mary Butcher.
  • Personal Inscription "MY SWORD I GIVE TO HIM THAT SHALL SUCCEED ME IN MY PILGRIMAGE IN THE IMMORTAL HOUR"
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Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1192
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