Butler, W

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Gunner William Butler

Family/Last name:
Butler
Forename(s) and initial(s):
William
Nationality:
British
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery (RA)
Rank when captured:
Gunner
POW number:
24904
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's Report)
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From: Susan Butler

Date: 11 March 2016 

My father, William Butler, of Liverpool, was in Stalag VIIIB.  His POW number was 24904.  He was a TA at the start of the war in the Royal Horse Artillery. When arrived in Egypt the horses were put down and they were put with a tank regiment.  He was captured in Crete, two years after living in hiding on the island.  I understand he escaped before the camp was liberated and died in 1947 in a road traffic accident.

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