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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Butler
Initials:R E
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:794770
Notes:CMP. 14/8/1929 he enlisted in the Royal Artillery, 10/4/1936 to Army Reserve, 23/3/1940 transferred to CMP. He was born in London SE and resided in London and formerly served in the Royal Artillery. 640 Ind Pro Unit War Diary WO 169/13287. 3/9/1943 Reggio Calabria, 16.00 hrs Provost area dive bombed, bomb explosion near cookhouse, RSM Innes, Cpl Peeke, L/Cpl Butler and Pte Adams very 6 seriously injured and conveyed to RAP where L/Cpl Butler and Pte Adams Died. 17.30 hrs RSM Innes Died, 17.34 hrs Cpl Peek died.
Casualty List 1243,Italy, Killed in Action, 3/9/1943.
No inscription on gravestone.
Richard Ephraim Butler.
Casualty Record:
Date of Death:Sept. 3, 1943
Company:640 IND PRO UNIT
CWGC Link:207927
Cemetery:SALERNO WAR CEMETERY, ITALY 🇮🇹
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