Ernest George Butcher

A Private with the 9th Battalion, Ernest died on 8th of August 1941 aged 28. 

Ernest was born at Lowestoft on 27 April 1913, a son of Samuel and Rosetta Butcher. In 1921 his family lived at 24 Union Road, and this was still their home in 1939 when Ernest worked as a wooden box and case maker. 

In 1940 Ernest married Lillie Ellen Elizabeth Cowles, this was registered in the Lothingland district. Lillie remarried in 1946. 

Ernest served with the 9th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. This was a training battalion that was used to send drafts of trained men to join front line battalions. Official casualty list 596, dated 21 August 1941, shows that Ernest died as the result of an accident.