Basic Details
Surname
Butterworth
Forenames
George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
George Edmund
Served or died
Died
Service number
NOT STATED ON MEMORIAL
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He grew up in Bacup but was working as a butcher's assistant in Todmorden before he enlisted in May 1916. He age was given as both 22 and 24 in the press at the time and this was the only Calderdale memorial that they researched upon which he appeared.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
East Lancashire Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Greece
Town of death
Salonika
Country of burial
Greece
Town of burial
Mikra
Cemetery
British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
May
Day of death
13
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial