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Sergeant HAROLD BUTTREY

Service Number: 991263
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

49 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY

Row E. Grave 23.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of W. E. and Mary Buttrey, of Gildersome, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY
Zeeland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 245
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