William James Butler
Memorial: Coalpit Heath - St Saviour's Church
Regiment: Yorkshire Regiment - The Green Howards
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 35622
Parents: James and Sarah Butler (nee Eldridge)
Home address: Frampton Cotterell, Bristol
Date of birth: 1886
Place of birth: Stroud
Date of death: 27/05/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Soissons Memorial, France
Age: 32
Further information:
William James Butler was born in 1886 in Stroud to James and Sarah (nee Eldridge) Butler
William served with the 4th Battalion, Green Howards of the Yorkshire Regiment as Private 35622. He was killed on the 27th May 1918 and is remembered on the Soissons Memorial, France
William James Butler is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Coalpit Heath
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, glosgen.co.uk and Forces War Records