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Captain JOHN LEIGH BUTLER

Service Number: 129014
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 November 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XVII. E. 16.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harold Leigh Butler and Elsie Butler, of Bolton, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription "AT THE TURNING OF THE TIDE THAT SETTLED THE DESTINIES OF THE ENTIRE EARTH"
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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