ANSTAING COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Anstaing is a village and commune 8 kilometres south-east of Lille, on the N.41 road to Tournai.
The cemetery is on the north-western side of the village, on a minor road leading from the main Lille-Tournai road (N.41).
Historical Information
The British grave is in the north-eastern corner of the cemetery.
Burial Details
3709778 Private John Strickland Butterworth, 5th Bn. King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), died 21st May 1940, aged 26. Son of Charles Augustus and Margaret Butterworth; husband of Mary Elizabeth Butterworth, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Anstaing is a village and commune 8 kilometres south-east of Lille, on the N.41 road to Tournai.
The cemetery is on the north-western side of the village, on a minor road leading from the main Lille-Tournai road (N.41).
Historical Information
The British grave is in the north-eastern corner of the cemetery.
Burial Details
3709778 Private John Strickland Butterworth, 5th Bn. King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), died 21st May 1940, aged 26. Son of Charles Augustus and Margaret Butterworth; husband of Mary Elizabeth Butterworth, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels