WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 19423 | Private George Percy Butterworth | 2nd Leicester Regt | born 1896 |
| Medal roll | Entered Theatre of War 11/11/15 No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
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| Regiment History | "In the winter of 1915-1916 the 2nd Battalion, as part of the 7th Indian Division, was transferred to Mesopotamia. It distinguished itself in the battles of Shaikh Saad, Kut-al-Amara, the various battles of Sannaiyat, and went on to the capture of Baghdad, when the Battalion had the honour of being the first troops to enter the city. In the winter of 1917-1918 the Battalion moved to Palestine, and took part in the victorious advance that defeated and captured the Turkish Army in the late summer of 1918." | ||
| AVL | AVL address: Market St. RoH: Served on Western Front and in the Mediterranean. |
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Family history etc
| Private George Percy Butterworth | |||
| 1896 FREEBMD | Born Leicester APR-JUN | ||
| Census 1901 | Living at 106 Birstall Street, Leicester with: Father: Harry b. Nottingham 1861 Mother: Sarah Jane b. 1863 Leicester. Brother: Ernest b. 1885 Leicester |
Shoe maker shoe machinist engineer’s apprentice |
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| Census 1911 | Living in Market Street, Bingham with: Father: Harry Mother: Sarah Jane |
assisting in the business bootmaker and dealer assisting in the business |
Trade Directories: 1908 Harry 1922 Harry and Son 1932 Henry and Sons 1941 Henry and Son |
| 1918 AVL | Market St. Bingham | ||
| Electoral Rolls | 1918 -1930 Harry, Sarah Jane, George Percy 1931 Harry, Sarah Jane, George Percy, Constance Sheila |
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| 1930 | George P Butterworth married Constance S B Eaton, b.1905,
in Nottingham Children: Valerie E, b. 1931 Joan E. b. 1933 |
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| 1939 Register | 3 Kirkhill Cottages, Bingham George Percy Butterworth, b. 26 Feb 1896 Constance Sheila Bessie Butterworth, b. 6 Jan 1905 One closed record |
Boot and Shoe repairer Unpaid domestic duties |
Special Constable |