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1911/05/16 | In Oxford with himself at piano and J Campbell McInnes as the baritone, George Butterworth premieres nine songs based on A E Housman's 1896 collection of poems, "A Shropshire Lad". | Composer | Six Songs from a Shropshire Lad | Oxford | Oxfordshire | ||
1911/06/20 | With J Campbell McInnes as the baritone and Hamilton Harty on piano, Butterworth's final six song "A Shropshire Lad" is performed in London at the Aeolian Hall (remnants). | Composer | Six Songs from a Shropshire Lad | ||||
1912/00/00 | Based on A E Housman's "A Shropshire Lad", George Butterworth composes two songs for baritone and piano, "Bredon Hill and Other Songs". | Composer | |||||
1916/07/17 | 16-17 July, Lt Butterworth leads the 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry in capturing a series of trenches near Pozieres (traces may still be found in a small wood). | UK Lieutenant | Pozieres | Hauts-de-France | Battle of the Somme | ||
1916/08/05 | Digging an assault trench named 'Butterworth Trench', the United Kingdom's 23rd Division takes a German communications trench known as Munster Alley, Contalmaison, France. | UK Lieutenant | Battle of the Somme | ||||
1916/08/05 | During a German counter attack, George Butterworth is shot through the head by a sniper. | Died | Pozieres | Hauts-de-France | Battle of the Somme | ||
1916/08/25 | Lt George Butterworth is awarded the Military Cross, gazetted 25 August 1916, for his actions near Pozieres on 16-17 July. | War Hero |
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Six Songs from a Shropshire Lad | Composer | Orchestral Composition | 1911/05/16 |
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