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Gunner ROBERT BUTTERWORTH

Service Number: 1568747
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

512 Coast Regt.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1941

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HINDLEY CEMETERY

Sec. C.C.8. Grave 278.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Annie E. Butterworth, of Hindley.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF OUR SON ROBERT ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. WE LOVED HIM IN LIFE HE IS DEAR TO US STILL
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Buried or commemorated at

HINDLEY CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 31
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