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Private JOHN WILLIAM BUTLER

Service Number: 52587
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st Bn

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY

III. E. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles William and Emma Butler, of 61, Wicker Lane, Wicker, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 636
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