Private John (Jack) Butler

Army Number: 70741

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

Born and lived at Duffield, Derbyshire. Son of George and Hannah Butler, of 5, Tamworth Cottages, Duffield. He was a Postman prior to enlisting at Belper, Derbyshire. He was killed in action, 24th October 1917, aged 34, whilst in a party carrying out railway construction near Ypres, Belgium.

Buried: White House Cemetery, St. Jean-Les-Ypres, Belgium. Plot 1. Row F. Grave 31.

Private John (Jack) Butler is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Alkmund’s Church War Memorial, Duffield, Derbyshire.
Duffield War Memorial, Duffield, Derbyshire.
Derby Post Office War Memorial, Victoria Street, Derby.
Belper War Memorial, Belper, Derbyshire.

His brother Private Fred Butler, 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.