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Private WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH

Service Number: 21676
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 October 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

IXA. B. 19.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Thomas and Mary Ann Butterworth, of Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED AND REMEMBERED FROM HIS LOVING MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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