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Guardsman ERNEST JOHN BUTLER

Service Number: 5565793
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 January 1942

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

10. E. 12.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Jane Butler; husband of Grace Butler.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM AND PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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