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Private WALTER BUTTERWORTH

Service Number: 2691
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1915

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. P. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Butterworth, of Bury; husband of Florrie Butterworth, of 10, Eden St., Bury.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES LEFT BEHIND TO THOSE WHO KNEW HIS WORTH
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Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1290
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