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Serjeant J BUTTERWORTH

Service Number: 14664529
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1946

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

2. A. 10.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Martha Jane Butterworth, of Rochdale, Lancashire; husband of Lilian Butterworth, of Rochdale.
  • Personal Inscription A SORROW TOO DEEP FOR WORDS
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 621
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