Denis George Button
Denis Button was an improver mechanic sewing machinist in 1939.
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He was the son of Thomas and Annie Button and the brother of Thomas H and Vera M Button of 162, Manton Avenue, Lenton Abbey, Nottingham.
ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY VIII. C. 9.
Halifax II HR798 TL-R took off 18.17 from Graveley and was returning from bombing marshalling yards and railway installations at Cannes, which was on the main coastal route to Italy. It was shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Lisieux. Button was the only crew member killed. Four were taken prisoner and two became evaders (LT 27 page 19):
POWs: William Cooke, Stanley Francis Jefferson, Thomas William Roberts, Dennis William Clayton Wade
Evaders: Henry Brian Hall, TR Vass
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