The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private V T Butler

Private Victor Thomas BUTLER, G/2861, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th September 1915.

1893 December Quarter, born Margate, Kent, son of Harry William Butler, 41 Jupp Road, Stratford.

1911 Census - 319 High Street, Stratford - William Henry Butler, head, age 48, married, bricklayer, born St Peters, Thanet, Kent; Lena Butler, wife, age 48, married 28 years, 8 children, 6 still alive, born Margate, Thanet, Kent; Offen Walter Harry Butler. son, age 21, single, accumulator box maker, born Margate, Thanet, Kent; Thomas Victor Butler, son, age 18, single, general packer, out of work, born Margate, Thanet, Kent; John Archibald Butler, son, age 17, single, general packer, out of work, born Margate, Thanet, Kent.

Enlisted Stratford, Essex, age 21, height 5ft 5¾ inches, weight 111lbs, old fracture right arm, indistinct heart right forearm, V.B.I?L left forearm. Formerly plateglass maker.

25th December 1913, St Marks Church, Forest Hill, married Emma Ada Pearson, spinster

Home 8th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th February 1915, Worthing, absent from Tattoo till 7.00am 2nd March, deprived of 5 days pay, forfeits 5 days pay; 4th April 1915, Redhill, absent from Tattoo until 10.00am 7th April, deprived of 15 days pay, forfeits 4 days pay; 10th April 1915, Redhill, disobedience of Battalion Orders, 7 days confined to Barracks; 12th April 1915, Redhill, irregular conduct in the ranks, 4 days confined to Barracks; 23rd May 1915, Shoreham, overstaying his pass from 12.00 midnight until 12.00 midnight on the 25th May, deprived of 2 days pay, 7 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 4th July 1915, Blackdown, absent from Tattoo until 10.55 pm 5th July, deprived of 2 days pay, 10 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 1st August 1915, Blackdown, overstaying his pass from 11.00pm until 10.45pm 4th August, deprived of 4 days pay, 12 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 4 days pay; 26th September 1915, posted missing.

12th June 1916, pension of 10/- a week awarded to widow.

18th December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Emma Ada Butler, 100 Capel Road, Forest Gate, London, E.; Father, Harry Butler, 31 Reeves? Road, Bow; Brother - Archibald Butler, age 23, 31 Reeves? Road, Bow; Sister - Doris Croucher, age 31, 31 Reeves? Road, Bow.

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

Picture provided by Geoff Poole

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