Butler John William Gunner 1568865

{{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.