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Lieutenant
Service No. Unknown
Age 31
Died on 5 August 1916
Durham Light Infantry
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme, France
Son of Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth, Kt., LL.B., of 16, Frognal Gardens, Hampstead, London, and the late Julia Marguerite (nee Wigan) his wife,.
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George Butterworth, composer of 'The Banks of Green Willow'. Killed in action 5 August 1916
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IN MEMORY OF A BRAVE YOUNG MAN.
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We will remember them
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We will remember them.
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I visited Thiepval in 2016 and found your name. Your beautiful music lives on and your sacrifice is remembered.
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Your music and dance lives on
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
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We will remember them. Today, Tomorrow, Forever.
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George Sainton Kaye Butterworth. Composer of 'The Banks of Green Willow' in 1913.
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