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Gunner JAMES BUTTERWORTH

Service Number: 11052252
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

242 Bty., 48 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 04 December 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY

Brit. Sec. M. D. 4.

Japan

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Sarah Ann Butterworth, of Oldham, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE WHILST AT ITS BEST GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST

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Buried or commemorated at

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan
Number of casualties: 1689
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