BUTLER,+A

Butler, Arthur, Private, 7974, Rifle Brigade Date of death 22nd November 1914 Died at home, Nottingham Road, Belper Service Records Born Belper, son of John and Harriet Butler, of The Fleet, Belper Enlisted in the 3rd Bn, Notts & Derby Regiment at Derby, 9th February 1900 Then enlisted in the Rifle Brigade at Aldershot, 18th September 1900 aged 18 Employed as a railway labourer 5 feet 6 inches in height Fresh complexion, blue eyes and brown hair Church of England Served in South Africa, Egypt and India, being awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal Military Offences: Dublin, 9th – 10th December 1901: absent without leave, 8 days confined to barracks Tower of London, 23rd June 1903, drunk in town and using obscene language to an NCO, 14 days confined to barracks Tower of London, 4th – 6th August 1903, absent without leave, 7 days confined to barracks Tower of London, 9th September 1903, drunkenness and returning to barracks improperly dressed, fined 7/6 and 10 days confined to barracks Chatham, 13th – 14th December 1903, absent without leave, 8 days confined to barracks Chatham, 9th January 1904, absent without leave, drunk in barracks and using obscene and threatening language to the escort, 72 hours hard labour, 7 days confined to barracks and fined 5/- Chatham, 2nd April 1904, improperly dressed, 8 days confined to barracks Treated for venereal disease at Cairo and in India 20th October – 7th December 1905 Twice admonished for drunkenness whilst in camp in India, 5th and 26th December 1905 Transferred to the Army Reserve 24th October 1908 Married at Belper Ethel Mary Spencer, 2nd July 1910 Re-enlisted at Derby 28th March 1912 Discharged as permanently unfit for service due to tuberculosis 23rd September 1914 Previous employment stated to be a hosiery hand 1911 Census Born Belper, Derbyshire, about 1882 An engineer's labourer Husband of Ethel Mary Butler. Son in law of John George Spencer, a coal miner holer, of 114, Nottingham Road, Belper, Derbyshire

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