Henry George – Butler – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 19/04/1916

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Title

Henry George – Butler – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 19/04/1916

Initials / forenames

Henry George

Surname

Butler

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

Essex Regiment, 10th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

14539

Railway department

Southminster

Railway job

Porter and shunter

Date died

19/04/1916

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine: June 1916, p164

Memorial

Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery

Notes

Aged 25, son of James Butler of London Rd, Rivenhall End, Essex. He joined the GER in May 1906, as a horse-lad at Witham. He enlisted in September 1914. He was killed in action in France.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society); Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

17/10/2016

Last updated

17/10/2016

Citation

“Henry George – Butler – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 19/04/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 4, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/59844.