George Butterworth
Born: 12th July 1885, Paddington, London, UK
Died: 5th August 1916, Pozières, Somme, France
Nationality: English
George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll The Banks of Green Willow and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from A Shropshire Lad. He was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during the fighting at Pozières in the First World War, and died during the Battle of the Somme.
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