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|Rank=Gunner.
 
|Rank=Gunner.
 
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=
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|Date of birth=Thought to have been born in 1912 in Lancashire.
|Age=(At time of death).
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|Age=At the time of his death 32 years.
|Unit=Enlisted in the  
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|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=
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|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=
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|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=
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|Task or role=Probably Gunner, but yet to be confirmed.
|Joined Brigade=
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|Joined Brigade=To be confirmed but probably when 143rd Field Regiment was assigned to the Brigade Group.
|Promotions=
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|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=
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|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=
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|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=
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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".
|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
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|Home address=Son of Annie Butler and stepson of Herbert Smith.  Husband of Elsie Butler of Stonegate, East Yorkshire.
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Revision as of 15:34, 13 December 2024

{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Butler John William |Army number=1568865 |Rank=Gunner. |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. |Date of birth=Thought to have been born in 1912 in Lancashire. |Age=At the time of his death 32 years. |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=Not yet known. |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known. |Task or role=Probably Gunner, but yet to be confirmed. |Joined Brigade=To be confirmed but probably when 143rd Field Regiment was assigned to the Brigade Group. |Promotions=None known. |Wounded=Not as far as is known. |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.