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Gunner

Frank Butler

Service number 14271770
Military unit 33 Field Regt Royal Artillery
Address 283. The Crescent, Westwood, Selston, Nottinghamshire
Date of birth 21 Jun 1909
Date of death 15 May 1947 (37 years old)
Place of birth Selston, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies

According to the 1939 Register he was a Sanitary Pipeworks Electrical Conduit Jointer.

Family history

Born : 21st June 1909 : Selston, Nottinghamshire.
Son of : John Butler (1856-1931) and Eliza Ann Butler, nee Osbourne (1866-1940).
CWGC Records has his Parents listed as : Albert Butler and Ada Butler, of Selston, Nottinghamshire but it is is more likely to be his elder Brother, Albert Butler and his Sister In Law, Ada Butler as his Father, John Butler had died in 1931 and his Mother, Eliza Ann Butler had died in 1940, therefore as Frank Butler was unmarried and had no dependants it is more likely that his eldest Sibling would be his Next of Kin as Head of the Butler Family.

According to the 1911 Census the Family were living at : 22. Thurgarton Street, Sneinton, Nottingham, his Father, John Butler (Head, aged, 55 years old, his Mother, Eliza Ann Butler, nee Osbourne, aged, 44 years old, Brother, Albert Butler, aged, 19 years old, Brother, Harold Butler, (1894-1974), aged, 17 years old, Sister, Gertrude Butler, (1897-1986), aged, 14 years old, Sister, Mabel Butler, (1898-1987), aged, 12 years old, Sister, Edith Butler, (1901-1995), aged, 9 years old, Brother, William Butler, aged, 6 years old, Frank Butler, aged, 2 years old.

According to the 1921 Census Frank Butler was living at : 283. The Crescent, Selston, Nottinghamshire with William Wilson (Head), aged, 69 years, 6 months old, relationship unknown ?, his Wife, Sarah Wilson, aged, 67 years, 8 months old, also relationship unknown ?, their Step Daughter, Hannah Butler, aged, 43 years, also relationship unknown ?, possibly a Paternal Aunt ? or a much older Cousin ?, the Step Grandson, Frank Butler, aged, 12 years, 0 months old.

According to the 1939 Register Frank Butler was a Sanitary Pipeworks Electical Conduit Jointer, still living at : 283. The Crescent, Selston, Nottinghamshire with Sarah Wilson, Born : 6th August 1854, (Head), relationship unknown ?, a Hannah Cockeram, Born : 11th October 1857, relationship unknown ?, Hannah Butler, Born : 30th May 1875, relationship unknown ?.

Military history

Service Number, 14271770, Gunner, Frank Butler served with 33 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
He was Mentioned In Despatches.

Extra information

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