Private Royal Butterwood

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Service History

1942
Yorks and Lancs Regiment (Private)
1943
7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion (Private)

Operations

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division for the first time.

Royal Butterwood

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Private Royal Butterwood, pictured in May 1994 prior to his death in August 1994.

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Private Royal Butterwood, (in full uniform, left), possibly Java or India.

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Cutting from Barnsley Chronicle, August 19th 1944

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Cutting from Barnsley Chronicle, May 6th 1994 showing Royal Butterwood holding the cutting from 1944

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