Sergeant Levi Butcher

Army Number: 18564

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Chesterton, Staffordshire. and lived at Newcastle under Lyme. Son of James and Mary Butcher of 28 High Street, Knutton, Staffordshire. Husband of Catherine Butcher, of 7 Arthur Street, Knutton. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Longton, Staffordshire. He died of wounds on 6th October 1916, received on the 5th caused by German shelling of the line near Fouquieres, France. 

Buried : Bethune Town Cemetery, France. Plot 5. Row H. Grave 84.

Sergeant Levi Butcher is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Chesterton Memorial Park War Memorial, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.