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The WW1 sniper's bullet that robbed the world of a great composer

It is 100 years since the English composer George Butterworth died in the Battle of the Somme at the age of 31. Dan Damon spoke to Dr Glyn Prysor, chief historian to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, to find out what might have been had he lived through World War One.

(Image: George Butterworth. Credit: Hutton Archive/Getty Images)

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