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Musical World Remembers Somme ComposerThe world of music has been remembering a young English composer who died in the Battle of the Somme while in charge of north-east soldiers. George Butterworth, who served as a Lieutenant with the Durham Light Infantry, was killed on August 5th 1916 when he was hit by a sniper’s bullet during an assault on…Read the story →