Butler John William Gunner 1568865
Personnel Entry
Name 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
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 (nee Ruddiforth) of Stonegate, East Yorkshire - married October 1941.
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