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Gunner JOSEPH YORK BUTCHER

Service Number: 591
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

1st/1st West Riding Bty.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

O. 21.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Wilfred York Butcher, and Rose May Thornton Butcher, of 33, Acorn St., Shalesmoor, Sheffield.
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1104
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