Lloyd George Remus Butcher

A Sapper with 705 General Construction Company, Lloyd died on 28th of May 1940, aged 27.

Lloyd was born at Lowestoft on 3 February 1913, a son of Robert George and Gertrude Butcher. In 1921 his family lived at 90 Seago Street and this was still their home in 1939. 

In 1935 Lloyd married Edith Rosa Juler: this was registered in the Lothingland district. By 1940 their home was at 25 Kirkley Gardens. 

Lloyd enlisted in the Army at Ipswich on 5 March 1940. He joined the Royal Engineers and was posted to 705 General Construction Company in France. 

Lloyd was initially reported missing on 28 May 1940 and later it was concluded that he had been killed in action, at sea, during the Dunkirk evacuation. His body was recovered, and he was buried at Wangerooge, one of the Frisian Islands. In 1947 he was reburied at Sage War Cemetery.