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Private GEORGE EDWARD BUTTERWORTH

Service Number: 93300
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEESTERT MILITARY CEMETERY

H. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Thomas and Mary Butterworth, of Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription HE SERVES HIS COUNTRY BEST WHO JOINS THE TIDE THAT LIFTS HER NOBLY ON
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Buried or commemorated at

HEESTERT MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 184
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