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Leading Aircraftman DAVID HENRY BUTCHER

Service Number: 577216
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 03 October 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

2. D. 6.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry George and Ethel Mary Butcher, of Rustington, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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