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Gunner

Eric Butler

Service number 1728963
Military unit 75 HAA Regt Royal Artillery
Address Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death 25 Apr 1945 (34 years old)
Place of birth Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
Family history

Born : 1911 : Birth registered in the first quarter of 1911 in the Basford Registration District of Nottingham.
Son of : George and Mary Ann Butler, nee Ingle of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
His Father, George Butler was born on the 23rd March 1885 in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
His Mother, Mary Ann Ingle was born on the 30th March 1884 in Walsall Wood, Staffordshire.
They were married in Mansfield, Nottinghashire in 1904.
Brother of : George William Thomas Butler : Born : 1905 : Died : 1905 : Cyril Butler : Born : 7th December 1906 : Hucknall, Nottinghamshire : Died : 13th January 1967 : Retford, Nottinghamshire : Hilda Butler : Born : 23rd April 1909 : Hucknall, Nottinghamshire : Died : May 2002 : Nottingham : Dora Butler : born : 9th January 1915 : Died : August 1993.
Husband of Thirza Butler, nee Wright of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Thirza Wright was born on the 7th December 1913 : Hucknall, Nottinghamshire : Died : 1997 : Winchester, Hampshire.
They were married in the first quarter of 1939 in the Basford Registration District of Nottingham.
According to the 1911 Census the Family were living at : Meltam's Yard, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, George Butler, (Head), aged, 27 years old, a Boot Repairer, Mary Ann Butler, (Wife), aged, 27 years old, Cyril Butler, (Son), aged, 4 years old, Hilda Butler, (Daughter), aged, 2 years old, Eric Butler, (Son), aged, 2 months old.
Acording to the 1921 Census, the Family were living at : 8. West Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, George Butler, (Head), aged, 37 years old, Mary Ann Butler, (Wife), aged, 37 years old, Cyril Butler, (Son), aged, 14 years, 6 months old, Hilda Butler, (Daughter), aged, 12 years, 2 months old, Eric Butler, (Son), aged, 10 years, 5 months old, Dora Butler, (Daughter), aged, 6 years, 5 months old.
No matching record found for the 1939 register.
His Father, George Butler died on the 9th July 1945 in the General Hospital, Nottingham, just 44 days after the death of his Son, Eric Butler.
His Mother, Mary Ann Butler, nee Ingle's date and place of death is unknown.
His Wife, Thirza Butler, nee Wright died in 1997 in Winchester, Hampshire.

Military history

Served with 75 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Hucknall Cemetery Sec. D. Grave 735.

Extra information

Buried : Hucknall Cemetery, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference : Section : D. : Grave : 735.
Also Commemorated : Titchfield Park, World War Two Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire as : Eric Butler.
Personal Inscription on the CWGC Headstone reads : "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE."

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