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Second Lieutenant HARRY A. BUTTERS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 109th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY

E. 27.

France

Meaulte Military Cemetery, France: headstone of 2nd Lieut. H. A. Butters (courtesy of Andrew Holmes)._x000B_Taken from the forthcoming book "Somme - 141 Days, 141 Lives" by Alexandra Churchill with Andrew Holmes, published in June 2016 by The History Press.

Photographer: Andrew Holmes

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Augustus Butters and his wife Lucy Woodworth Beebee. Born at San Francisco, U.S.A. See "Harry Butters, R.F.A. "An American Citizen" published by John Lane Company, New York and London (1918).
  • Personal Inscription AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
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Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 311
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