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Second Lieutenant ARTHUR JAMES BASIL BUTCHER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

II. F. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Col. Henry Townsend Butcher, (R.A.) and Annie Susan Butcher; husband of Gertrude T. Butcher, of Eastern Lodge, Kempsey, Worcester. His father also fell in the 1914-1918 War and his brother; Trevor Aveling Butcher fell in the 1939-1945 War.
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2543
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