Butler John William Gunner 1568865 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Butler John William
|Army number=1568865
|Rank=Gunner.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=
|Age=(At time of death).
|Unit=Enlisted in the
|Company/Battery=
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=
|Task or role=
|Joined Brigade=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=
|Died/Killed in action=
|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
}}

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 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Killed in Action 30/7/1944 aged 32.  Initially interred Near Giberville GSGS 4250, Sheet 72/2 1/50,000, Reference 08806775.  Reburied 8/4/1946 in Banneville la Campagne War Cemetery, Grave XII F.12.  Headstone inscription reads "AT REST".
-|Home address=Son of Annie Butler and stepson of Herbert Smith.  Husband of Elsie Butler (nee Ruddiforth) of Stonegate, East Yorkshire.
+|Home address=Son of Annie Butler and stepson of Herbert Smith.  Husband of Elsie Butler (nee Ruddiforth) of Stonegate, East Yorkshire - married October 1941.
 }}

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 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Killed in Action 30/7/1944 aged 32.  Initially interred Near Giberville GSGS 4250, Sheet 72/2 1/50,000, Reference 08806775.  Reburied 8/4/1946 in Banneville la Campagne War Cemetery, Grave XII F.12.  Headstone inscription reads "AT REST".
-|Home address=Son of Annie Butler and stepson of Herbert Smith.  Husband of Elsie Butler of Stonegate, East Yorkshire.
+|Home address=Son of Annie Butler and stepson of Herbert Smith.  Husband of Elsie Butler (nee Ruddiforth) of Stonegate, East Yorkshire.
 }}

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	\|Died/Killed in action=Killed in Action 30/7/1944 aged 32. Initially interred Near Giberville GSGS 4250, Sheet 72/2 1/50,000, Reference 08806775. Reburied 8/4/1946 in Banneville la Campagne War Cemetery, Grave XII F.12. Headstone inscription reads "AT REST".		\|Died/Killed in action=Killed in Action 30/7/1944 aged 32. Initially interred Near Giberville GSGS 4250, Sheet 72/2 1/50,000, Reference 08806775. Reburied 8/4/1946 in Banneville la Campagne War Cemetery, Grave XII F.12. Headstone inscription reads "AT REST".
	\|Home address=Son of Annie Butler and stepson of Herbert Smith. Husband of Elsie Butler of Stonegate, East Yorkshire.		\|Home address=Son of Annie Butler and stepson of Herbert Smith. Husband of Elsie Butler of Stonegate, East Yorkshire.
		+	}}

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 |Rank=Gunner.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=
+|Date of birth=Thought to have been born in 1912 in Lancashire.
-|Age=(At time of death).
+|Age=At the time of his death 32 years.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery.  Underwent Basic Training.  Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment.  Served Normandy.  Killed in action 30/7/1944.
-|Company/Battery=
+|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
-|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=
+|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Probably Gunner, but yet to be confirmed.
-|Joined Brigade=
+|Joined Brigade=To be confirmed but probably when 143rd Field Regiment was assigned to the Brigade Group.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=
+|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Killed in Action 30/7/1944 aged 32.  Initially interred Near Giberville GSGS 4250, Sheet 72/2 1/50,000, Reference 08806775.  Reburied 8/4/1946 in Banneville la Campagne War Cemetery, Grave XII F.12.  Headstone inscription reads "AT REST".
-|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
+|Home address=Son of Annie Butler and stepson of Herbert Smith.  Husband of Elsie Butler of Stonegate, East Yorkshire.
-}}