BORN HULL 1883. SCULCOATES. SON OF THE LATE ASHLIR BUTLER (1844-1902) AND MARIA GEDNEY (1845-1919). HE HAD FIVE SISTERS, SARAH, HELEN, CHARLOTTE, HANNAH AND MADGE AND ONE BROTHER, JOHN.
EMPLOYED AS A COOPER. HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE 2ND EAST RIDING VOLUNTEERS, A TERRITORIAL UNIT, FOR SIX YEARS. HE WAS UNEMPLOYED WHEN HE JOINED UP.
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 33-36 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION & GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 5/8/1914. SERVED A GUNNER, WITH THE 2ND EAST RIDING, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AT HULL NVAL HOSPITAL, ON ACTIVE SERVICE, 04/12/1915, AGED 32. HE FELL ILL ON A SIGNALLING COURSE AT SPRUN POINT & WAS DUE TO REPLACE A CASUALTY IN THE 1ST SIEGE BATTERY WHEN HE WAS TAKEN ILL. HE IS BURIED AT HULL HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR ONE YEAR & 122 DAYS. AWARDED WEEKLY WAR WIDOW PENSION, OF 20 SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE, ON 19TH JUNE 1916.
HUSBAND OF MARIA OLIVER (10/2/1887-1952), AT 14, CECIL GROVE, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 2, GARDEN PLACE, RAIKE STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS), 57, STRAWBERRY STREET, HULL (1919 ADDRESS) AND 2, ST GEORGES VILLA, FIELD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE SONS, JOHN ALLEN BUTLER, LEONARD AND ARTHUR ASHTON BUTLER, BORN BETWEEN 1909-1916.
