The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H R Butson

Private Henry Robert BUTSON, S/740, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or since, 25th September 1915, age 33.

Born Bermondsey, SE.

6th August 1905, Emmanuel Church, Camberwell, Henry Robert Butson, age 28 bachelor, cloth worker, 12 Blucher? Road, Camberwell, SE, father Robert Butson, porter, married Ellen Mary Vickers, age 28, spinster, 12 Blucher? Road, Camberwell, SE, father John Vickers deceased, road sweeper.

Children - Doris Ena Letitia Butson, born 10th April 1909, Camberwell; Ellen Margaret (Nellie) Butson, born 25th October 1911, Camberwell; Rose Kathleen Butson, born 26th January 1915, Camberwell.

1911 Census - Henry Robert Butson, head, age 29, married, cloth worker, cloth shrinking, born Bermondsey, London; Ellen Mary Butson, wife, age 29, married 5 years, 1 child. still alive, born Camberwell, London; Doris Letitia Butson, daughter, age 2, born Camberwell, London.

Previously served with 1st City of London Volunteers, discharged, termination of engagement 1906.

Enlisted Finsbury Barracks, EC, age 33, height 5ft 9¼ inches, weight 140lbs, complexion medium, grey eyes, black hair, several decayed teeth. Resided Streatham, SE. Formerly cloth worker.

Home 9th SEptember 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 25th September 1915.

9th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th August 1915, posted BEF; 25th September 1915, posted missing .

9th October 1916, Pension awarded of 20/6d a week to widow and three children.

26th July 1919, St Giles Camberwell, Ellen Mary Butson, widow, age 37, of 47, Fallsbrook Road, Streatham, London, father Joseph Vickers, road sweeper married George Thomas Henry Mills, age 29, bachelor, pensioner of Chester Buildings, father George Henry Mills, hall porter.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France.

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