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Sgt. Alexander Butler
British Army 11th Btn. Cameronion Scottish Rifles
from:Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland
(d.6th Oct 1918)
Alexander Butler was my Great Uncle. He joined the army in 1914 and went to Salonika in 1915 where he remained until his death on 6th of October 1918 from broncho-pneumonia caused by Spanish Flu. He is buried in Exhoi Greece in Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery. Prior to his enlistment he worked as a Postman in Port Glasgow. He was the son of George and Sarah Butler and one of 8 brothers and sisters.
Arthur William Butler
British Army Middlesex Regiment
from:Hounslow, Middlesex
My Grandfather Arthur Butler was 35 when the WW1 broke out, he was married with three young sons aged 4, 2 and 8 mths. But my grandmother told me he felt it was his duty to serve his country. He went to France and served there without getting injured and returned to England sometime in 1915 because his oldest daughter was born in 1916 and then returned to France where he again fought but remained uninjured. He must of come home on leave at the end of 1917 because my mother was born in 1918. That's when his luck ran out as he lost his leg at Ypres sometime in 1918 and was sent home to Liverpool to recover. My grandmother had to travel up to Liverpool to see him leaving her five children at home with her elderly mother and other relatives.
When he returned home to Hounslow he was a changed man. Even though he only had one leg he travelled up to London everyday to work but, unfortunately, became dependant on drink. Even though he had two more children after the war, my mother said he spend all his spare time in the local public house. He eventually died of liver cancer caused by excessive drinking in 1932 aged 52 leaving my grandmother to bring up her young daughters on her own.
Before the war he never drank or smoked and was by all accounts a jolly man but could not cope with the horrors he had seen in the trenches. He never spoke of them but had terrible nightmares and it caused a lot of friction between him and his wife. She said after he died even though she missed him. He was now at peace and she could live her life the way she wanted to. She lived another 36 years and died at 86.
PFC. Bartholomew F. Butler
US Army Coy. F 308th Infantry Regiment
from:New York
(d.16th July 1918)
Bartholomew Butler was born in July 1895 (per 1900 US census) in Brooklyn, New York City, Kings Co., New York.
Newspaper article:
Private Barth F. Butler.
Private Bartholomew F. Butler, died of wounds, was born in Brooklyn twenty two years ago. He was a graduate of Visitation Parochial School, He was a member of the Visitation Church and the Holy Name Society. He was also an active member of the Old Hill House Club. In September 1917, he was drafted and went overseas last April [1918] with the 308th Infantry. His mother received a telegram from Washington on Oct. 23 stating her son had died on July 16 and had been buried with full military honors in France.
He lived at 127 Dikeman Street where he is survived by his mother, Elizabeth, his father, Thomas; three brothers, James, Walter and Thomas, and two sisters, Elizabeth Butler and [Mary] Mrs. J. Taylor.
Brooklyn Daily Standard Union, 29 October 1918
I have been unable to locate where he is buried in France. According to Hussey, Alexander T.; Flynn, Raymond M. "The history of Company E, 308th Infantry (1917-1919)", (New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1919) at p. 25, Company F relieved Company E on July 5, 1918, at the front line trenches near Badonvillers, France, on that part of the front line covered by posts 14 to 23 inclusive. So, am assuming this is where Bartholomew F. Butler was wounded and died.
Pte. Charles Edward Butler
Canadian Army 51st Company Canadian Forestry Corps
from:Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Grandpa, Charles Butler enlisted for the duration of the war and 6 months after with the Canadian 216th Battalion CEF, Bantams on the 5th of January 1917. I was told by my parents he was born in 1901, but birthday is listed as 1897, so I have to go with that and do further research. I knew he was short, they list his height as 5ft 1" and 103lbs. (It was funny to see Grandpa, my father and I walk down the street. My dad was 5ft 6" and I have been 6ft since 8th grade.) He sailed from Halifax on the SS Scandinavian 18th of April 1917, arriving in Liverpool 29th of April 1917. The 216th was then absorbed into the 3rd Canadian Reserve Battalion based at West Sandling on 30th of April 1917. On 30th of June 1917, he was found unfit for further training due to back issues and was transferred to The Forestry Corps at Sunningdale. He was then posted to No. 51 company in France, arriving at Harve on 7th of December 1917. He returned to Toronto, Canada on the SS Regina from Liverpool on 22nd of March 1919. He was demobilized on 2nd of April 1919 in Toronto. He was paid a total of $360. for his war service.
Pte. Charles William Butler
British Army 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment
(d.20th November 1915)
Charles Butler was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire in April 1883. Charles' parents were Frederick Butler (1854-1935) and Elizabeth Rebecca Butler, nee Carthew (1859-1950). Frederick and Elizabeth married in Bicester in January 1882. Charles was the eldest of Frederick and Elizabeth's two children, his sibling was Walter (1885-1957). The 1891 census recorded Charles living at 40 Stoke Street, Stoke Lyne in Oxfordshire. He was residing with his parents, Frederick and Elizabeth, and brother Walter. Frederick was working as a gardener's labourer, whilst Charles was at school. The 1901 census shows Charles living on Stratton Lane, Stoke Lyne, aged 17. Charles was living with his parents and brother. He was working as an agricultural labourer on a farm, whilst his father, Frederick, was still employed as a gardener's labourer. The 1911 census shows Charles living in Stoke Lyne. He was living with his parents, Frederick and Elizabeth and brother Walter. Charles was working as a gardener, with his father.
Charles enlisted in the Army at Oxford in early 1915. He served as a private in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He later transferred to serve as a private in the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. The Regiment sailed from Avonmouth on the 29th of March 1915 and sailed to Alexandria via Malta and then onto Mudros in April. They landed at Cape Helles, Gallipoli on the 25 April 1915. They were involved in heavy fighting between April 1915 and January 1916, when they were evacuated. Charles was wounded and sent back to Alexandria, where he died of his wounds on 20 November 1915, aged 32. He is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery.
Pte Charles Butler
British Army 8th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
WO2. Edward H. Butler DCM.
British Army 6th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
Firstly, I am not a relative of Edward Butler. I am a medal collector and also mount medals for wear and undertake to frame medals and ephemera for relatives. I have just completed framing a group of six medals, a photograph, badges etc. and also a copy of the citation for his DCM taken from the London Gazette, October, 1918. His medals are: Distinguished Conduct Medal, British War Medal 1914 - 1919, Victory Medal 1914 - 1918, Territorial Force War Medal, Defence Medal 1939 - 1945 and Territorial Force Efficiency Medal.
He was initially a WO2 with the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry then with the 6th Battalion, Royal Wiltshire Regiment. His Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (GvR) was awarded for service with the R.A.S.C. His citation reads: Sjt. E. H. Butler (Warminster) For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. After the enemy had succeeded in pressing back the right flank, he formed near him into a Lewis Gun team and covered the retirement of the troops on the right, and repulsed a frontal attack, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. By his courage and resource he saved a critical situation. (3rd Oct 1918)
Ernest Victor Butler
Royal Navy HMS Lord Nelson
Ernest Butler served in the Royal Navy as an Officers Valet.
Gnr. Frank Herbert Butler
British Army 35th Heavy Battalion Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Hook, Surrey
Frank Butler served with 35th Heavy Battery and was discharged sometime in 1916. I would like to know why.
Pte. George Butler
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Gnr. George Ernest Butler
Royal Field Artillery 276th Brigade, B Bty.
from:Winson Green, Birmingham
(d.4th August 1917)
Memorial plaque on choristers bench within Bishop Latimer Church, Beeton Road, Winson Green, Birmingham. The Text of brass plaque reads: "In Memory of George Ernest Butler for some years a faithful chorister of this church who was killed in action France, August 4th 1917".
It is located opposite the organ, third row on left of church, second seat from the left. Plaque measures 60mm by 155mm. Slightly recessed painted red cross in each corner, through which a brass domed screw passes with the slots resting horizontally. The initial letters (GEB) are again slightly recessed and painted in red. The rest of the letting is in black and stands slightly proud to the touch. (I am the carpenter who relaid the Lady Chapel floor during May 2018)
Pte. George Butler
British Army 5th Btn. Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
from:Broughton, Oxfordshire
(d.5th Oct 1915)
Pte. Harold Butler
15th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:40 Edward Road, Sheffield
(d.24th Mar 1918)
Pte. Harold Butler served with the Cheshire Regiment 15th Battalion. He died on 24th March 1918.
Pte. Harry William George Butler
British Army Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Egham
(d.12th Sept 1917)
My paternal great-uncle Harry Butler lived in Egham, Surrey but joined the Northamptonshire Regiment in Woolwich in 1915. His record shows some of the horrors these men went through. In 1916 he suffered pleurisy, paratyphoid and gastritis and was sent home briefly but returned to France in 1917. He was also wounded. His records show he suffered a GSW head, which presumably means a gunshot wound to the head. He was repatriated to the Kitchener Hospital in Brighton but died there on 12th September 1917. He is buried in the WW1 section of Bear Road Cemetery in Brighton. He left a widow but probably no children.
Pte. Henry Butler
British Army 14th (West of England) Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Warwickshire
(d.23rd Aug 1916)
Pte. Herbert Ormonde Butler
British Army 1st btn. 3rd btn. 23rd london regiment east surrey regiment
from:34 Bradford Road Sydenham
Bert Butler was my grandfather he served in the 23rd London Regiment during World War 1. Prior to the war he was working as a clerk in the Army and Navy Stores in Victoria Road London, he signed up as part of KitchenerĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s army at the age of 20 and joined in Camberwell London. He was attested on the 9th March 1916 and after completing his training on the 13th July 1916 he was posted to France arriving in Le Havre on 14th July 1916.
His battalion fought in the Somme, he was wounded on 15th September 1916 in the battle of High Wood. The battle was significant as it was the first time tanks were used. My grandfather received a bullet wound to his right leg and was sent back to England, he was admitted to Herbert Hospital in Woolwich London where he spent several weeks recuperating. He was posted again to France until April 1917. He was hospitalised again in February 1918 with septic poisoning, he later trained as a signaller and was promoted to Corporal in September the same year and transferred to the 3rd Battalion of the East Surrey regiment. He was demobbed on 21st February 1919 from Fovant dispersal unit.
Pte. Isaac Frank Butler
British Army 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment
from:London
(d.1st Jan 1915)
Pte. Frank Butler served with the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. He died of wounds on 1st January 1915, following the 1st Battle of Ypres and is buried in Christchurch Cemetery, Portsmouth. His full name was Isaac Frank Butler
Pte. J. W. Butler
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Rifleman James Butler
British Army 8th Btn Kings Royal Rifles
from:Birmingham
Pte. John Butler
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.22nd Feb 1915)
Capt. John Fitzhardinge Paul Butler VC DSO.
British Army 2nd Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Portfield, Chichester
(d.5th Sep 1916)
John Butler served with the 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. He was attached to the Gold Coast Regiment, W.A.F.F. during WW1 and was killed in action on the 5th September 1916, Age: 27. He is buried in the Morogoro Cemetery in Tanzania. He was the son of Lt. Col. Francis John Paul Butler and the Hon. Elspeth Butler; Husband of Alice Amelia Butler, of Apsley House, Portfield, Chichester.
An extract from The London Gazette dated 23rd Aug., 1915, records the following:- For most conspicuous bravery in the Cameroons, West Africa. On 17th November, 1914, with a party of 13 men, he went into the thick bush and at once attacked the enemy, in strength about 100, including several Europeans, defeated them, and captured their machine gun and many loads of ammunition. On 27th December, 1914, when on patrol duty, with a few men, he swam the Ekam River, which was held by the enemy, alone and in the face of a brisk fire, completed his reconnaissance on the further bank, and returned in safety. Two of his men were wounded while he was actually in the water.
Pte. John Butler
British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Ballincurry, Thurles
(d.26th Feb 1916)
John Butler was the son of William Butler, of Ballincurry, Thurles. He was 26 when he died and is buried near the south-east corner of the Ballingarry Old Graveyard, in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Pte. Martin Butler
British Army 6th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Shinrone, Kings County, Ireland
(d.4th June 1916)
Pte. Nicholas Butler
British Army C Coy. 1st Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:3 Walshe Lane, Waterford
(d.4th Feb 1916)
Sgt. Patrick Butler
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
(d.1st July 1916)
Patrick Butler took part in Trench raids on the night of the 5-6th June 1916. He was killed on the 1st of July and is buried in Ovillers Cemetery
Pte. Patrick Butler
Australian Imperial Force 39th Btn.
from:Dunnstown, Victoria
(d.8th July 1917)
My great uncle Patrick Butler was a farmer in Dunnstown and had a widowed mother in Ballarat and four brothers and sisters - Bridget, Ellen, Charles and Maggie. He died in Weymouth, England and is buried in Melcombe Regis cemetery.
Sgt. Robert William Butler CdeG.
British Army 21st (1st Surrey Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Camberwell, London
Robert Butler served with the 1st Surrey Rifles I have found a page in the 21st Battalion, London Regiment War Diaries from the National archive which has his signature Sjt RW Butler. I also have his medals and certificate for the Belgium Croix de Guerre. Robert is my Grandfather on my father's side and passed away in 1961, the year after I was born. He struggled with breathing problems for many years but the family knew how lucky they were to have him home.
2Lt Stanley Reginald Butler MM
British Army 7th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
(d.27th March 1918)
Cpl. Thomas Butler
British Army 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment
from:Sheffield
Pte. W. Butler
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
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