Name
Herbert John Butler
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/08/1917
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
260001
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1st/6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 23 to 28 and 163A.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
St Michael and All Angels Church Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of Maria (nee RODEN) BUTLER of Watford, and John James BUTLER.
His parents married 1887 in the Whitchurch, Shrops, district. Maria, a widow, died 8 March 1957 in Watford aged 89.
Herbert was born 1899 in Hoole, Chesh, and baptised 5 November 1899 at All Saints, Hoole.
On the 1901 Census, aged 1 he lived in Hoole, with his parents and five siblings. On the 1911 Census, at school aged 11, he lived near Malpas, Chesh, with his parents and six siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford, and was formerly Private 330759 Cambridgeshire Regiment. He was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Herbert’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
