219810 2nd Lt. Thomas Butterworth British Army 12th Btn. Royal Engineers Thomas Butterworth enlisted into the East Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force on 17th of February 1910 aged 18. He was discharged & re-enlisted into the Royal Engineers on 9th January 1912 and posted to Training Battalion C Company. On 9th September 1912 he was posted to the 12th Battalion, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal on 28th Mach 1914 and paid Lance Corporal on 26th June 1914. Discharged on appointment to a Commission on 29th October 1914. He was commissioned as 2nd Lt. in The 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers and he retired on Retired Pay on 11th November 1917 and died at Kilworth, Co. Cork, Ireland on 12h February 1958.
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