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Private RICHARD JAMES BUTTERFIELD

Service Number: CH/18982
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Light Infantry

H.M.S. "Africa."

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY

1. E. 19.

Sierra Leone

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Flora Butterfield. Born at Holloway, London.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST WITH THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY
Sierra Leone
Number of casualties: 534
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