Saturday, 19 June 2010

C/9887 Rfm Ralph S Butt, 20th Bn, KRRC

C/9887 Rifleman Ralph Stanley Butt of the 20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, was killed in action on the 19th June 1917. He was born in Frome, Somerset and enlisted there in January 1916. He was the son of Mrs Louisa R Butt of 4 Bell Lane, Frome, and was 24 years old when he died. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial in France.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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