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Second Lieutenant RICHARD ACTON BUTT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 January 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAGLE DUMP CEMETERY

III. C. 11.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George William and Emily Sarah Butt, of The Lodge, Limpley Stoke, Bath. Born at Shanghai, China.
  • 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

HAGLE DUMP CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 439
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