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Lieutenant GEORGE SAINTON KAYE BUTTERWORTH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth, Kt., LL.B., of 16, Frognal Gardens, Hampstead, London, and the late Julia Marguerite (nee Wigan) his wife. Composer of 'The Banks of Green Willow' and 'A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody'.
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