Buttle, Dalton Spencer

The Volunteer Force: In recognition of the valuable service rendered to their country by officers of the Volunteer Forces, Queen Victoria in 1892 instituted the Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to be granted to ‘efficient and capable’ officers who had served with the Force for twenty years. In 1894, a Volunteer Long Service Medal was instituted to reward others who had completed the same terms of service, but did not have twenty years of commissioned service.
The Territorial Force: On the disbandment of the Volunteer Force and the establishment of the Territorial Force in 1908 both the Decoration and the Medal were superseded. In there place were substituted the Territorial Decoration for officers and the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal for soldiers.

BORN SPALDING 13/06/1865. SON OF WILLIAM & MARTHA BUTTLE (1840-1894), OF 34 CLYDE STREET, HULL.

MARRIED AT POCKLINGTON, ON 30/12/1894, AGED 29. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH ROSEMARY WHITLEY & 11 CHILDREN LIVED AT 27 FLEET STREET, HULL, 54 HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS)  & 7, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 30/09/1918). A BRICK LAYER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK GREY HAIR,

HE JOINED THE EAST RIDING ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, ON 20/06/1908. RE-ENLISTED ON 05/08/1914 WHEN WAR BEGAN. DISCHARGED ON 02/06/1916, AGED 50 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. RECEIVED THE TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL. HAD AN EXCEMPLARY SERVICE RECORD – “SOBER, TRUSTWORTHY AND RELIABLE”.

HE DIED ON 30/09/1917, AGED 54.

First name:
DALTON SPENCER
Regiment:
Royal Garrison Artillery East Riding 2nd
Military Number:
788
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
30/09/1917
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
54
7, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
Chanterlands Ave, Hull HU5 4AY, UK