Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Books: "At the National Physical Laboratory the assistance he was constantly able to give, from his experience in actual flying and his wide knowledge of his subject, in the critical examination of the difficult problems presented for investigation was very greatly valued.... The Committee have had many opportunities of appreciating the services he was able to render to the development of flying, and to his country, and wish to offer their tribute of admiration of the courage, skill, and devotion he brought to his work." He was also awarded the posthumous honour of the Gold Medal of the Aeronautical Society. [Illustration: =Edward T. Busk.=] =BUTCHER, CHARLES GEOFFREY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of George William James Butcher, of 9, Tregunter Road, South Kensington, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel Debenham; educ. St. Paul's School, and was for some time in the H.A.C. He was gazetted to the Special Reserve in Aug. 1912. On 10 June, 1914, he joined the 2nd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., and on the outbreak of war was appointed to the 1st Battn. At La Bassée on 22 Oct. 1914, he was wounded in the leg by a bullet, his life being saved by Sergt. H. Cox, of the Dorsetshire Regt. who carried him from the trenches into cover under a very heavy fire. For this Sergt. Cox received the D.C.M. Lieut. Butcher was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914, returning to the Front on 25 March. He was killed in action by asphyxiating gas at Hill 60 on 2 May, 1915, and was buried at Reninghelst, Belgium; _unm._ His Adjutant wrote: "I knew him very well and looked upon him always as a man of unusual character, ability, and promise; his loss is a severe one for the Dorset Regt."; and another officer wrote "He is a real loss to the regt. in every way. I am sure he had great prospects before him as he was an extraordinarily keen subaltern and very popular with both officers and men. He was always ready for any amount of work." Two of his brothers are in the Army and one in the Navy. [Illustration: =Charles Geoffrey Butcher.=] =BUTCHER, HARRY STANLEY=, A.B., J. 3004, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BUTCHER, WILLIAM=, Signalman, J. 6825, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =BUTLER, CHARLES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3442C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BUTLER, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1441), 198254, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BUTLER, HARRY WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1990), 199217, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BUTLER, JOHN=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./8249, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BUTLER, JOHN=, Private, No. 3545, 5th Battn. The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Henry Butler, of Sutton Scotney, near Winchester, Hants, by his wife, Abigail, 3rd dau. of John Stocker, of Hampshire; _b._ Crookham, co. Berks, 24 April, 1885; educ. West Clandon (Surrey) Council School; and had worked on Lord Rendel's estate at East Clandon for nine years; enlisted 16 Nov. 1914, and died at the London South-Western Fever Hospital, Stockwell, 25 Feb. 1915, of measles and double pneumonia, contracted while on active service. He _m._ at Edmonton, London, 25 April, 1907, Ellen (2, Westfield Cottages, Great Bookham, Surrey), 3rd dau. of William Savage, of Bones Cottage, West Clandon, and had four children: William John, _b._ 17 May, 1910; Henry Louvain, _b._ 18 Dec. 1914; Edith Annie, _b._ 22 July, 1908; and Dora Irene, _b._ 1 Aug. 1912. [Illustration: =John Butler.=] =BUTLER, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4345), S.S. 101226, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BUTLER, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 311362, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =BUTLER, WILLIAM LEWIS=, Private, No. 3187, 1/13th Battn. (Princess Louise's Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Butler, of Prior's Lea, Barrow-in-Furness, Solicitor, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of John Lewis; _b._ Barrow-in-Furness, 1 Dec. 1892; educ. Lancing College; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Kensingtons in Sept. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action, 19 April, 1915. He was buried in La Croix Marechal Cemetery, Rue David, near Armentières. =BUTTERWICK, ALEXANDER MIDDLETON=, Rifleman, No. 3636, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria's Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Charles Matthias Butterwick, of Walthamstow, House and Estate Agent, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of R. Adnams, formerly of Reading; _b._ Walthamstow, co. Essex, 20 April, 1895. After his father's death, when a child, he was taken and brought up by his uncle, A. M. Butterwick (Master Mariner, retired), who saw service in Burma, 1885-7, now of Broxton, Kew, Surrey; educ. Richmond (Surrey) County School and Gunnersbury High School, and on leaving there became an articled pupil in the firm of Breadmore and Webb, F.A.I., Auctioneers and Estate Agents, of Richmond. After the outbreak of war he volunteered and enlisted in Queen Victoria's Rifles in Nov. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action in Flanders, 13 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried in 13th Infantry Brigade Cemetery, Voormeezelle. At the time of his death his name was down for a commission. He was a keen athlete, and held prizes for drill and swimming, also certificates for life saving and first-aid. [Illustration: =Alexander M. Butterwick.=] =BUTTON, JOHN SAMUEL=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1540D, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BYATT, HARRY VIVIAN BYATT=, Capt., R.A.M.C., elder _s._ of Henry Byatt, author, late of 36, Warwick Gardens, Kensington; _b._ Kensington, 16 Dec. 1882; educ. Summer Fields, Summertown, Oxford, 1891; obtained an entrance scholarship at Charterhouse School, Godalming, 1896, and left there with the Charterhouse Science Exhibition, 1901, entering Clare College, Cambridge, with a Science Scholarship the same year. He left Cambridge with a second class in the Natural Science Tripos, and proceeded to the London Hospital, qualifying M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 1907. He was gazetted Lieut. R.A.M.C. the same year, and appointed to Netley Hospital. From there he proceeded to Poona in 1909, was promoted Capt. 29 Jan. 1911, and after five years' service in India, joined the Expeditionary Force in France in Oct., being attached to the 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade. He attended to the trenches between Laventie and Estaires, and died 11 March, 1915, from wounds received at Neuve Chapelle while dressing the wound in the head of Machine Gun Sergt. Marriage. He was buried at Estaires. His Commanding Officer wrote: "Your son was hit while attending to a wounded man and I neve |