Private 240229 John BUTLER

Private 240229 John [Edwin] Butler{gallery}Pte J Butler{/gallery}1st / 6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 1st July 1916, aged 31

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 14B and 13C. 
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Edwin and Ann Butler of Elford, Staffs
• Married to Nellie of Victoria Crescent, Tamworth [Army Register of Effects]
• NNWFHS Memorial: Polesworth St Editha
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Butler
• NNWFHS Polesworth War Memorial Page
• Thiepval Memorial
• North Staffordshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1885 in Elford, Staffs
  
• Lived at Railway Cottages, Polesworth with his sister Annie and brother-in-law Ernest Wetton [1911]
  
• Employed as a railway worker platelayer