Basic Details
Surname
Butterworth
Forenames
Walter
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married, to Ellen, and had 6 children. He had served in WW1 and then worked as a labourer with Todmorden Corporation before he re-enlisted in January 1940. He died when the Lancastria was bombed and sunk at St Nazaire and was not commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial: he is named on the Dunkirk Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Pioneers
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Year of death
1940
Month of death
June
Day of death
17
Age at death
39
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action