Name
Bernard Arnold Barrington Butler (DSO and Bar)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/10/1918
40
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
Royal Field Artillery
156th Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Distinguished Service Order and Bar, Mentioned in Despatches five times
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
FOREST COMMUNAL CEMETERY
B. 51.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 20 Jan 1878 in Harrow, Middlesex son of Spencer Percival and Mary (Kendall) Butler. Educated at Haileybury College 1891-93 and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He married Winifred Emmeline Cohen on 24 Jul 1905 and they lived at 45 Connaught Street, Hyde Park, London. He had one son. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 23 Dec 1897 and served in India from 1899 for nine years. Promoted Lieutenant on 23 Dec 1900, Captain 23 Jan 1905.
Wartime Service
He entered France in Sep 1914. Promoted to Major 30 Oct 1914.
Distinguished Service Order (Jan 1917) and Bar (Mar 1918) Mentioned in Dispatches x 5.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
