Private John William Butters

Army Number: 70865 (formerly 26905 South Staffordshire Regiment)

Battalion: 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Gedney, Lincolnshire. Son of William and Emma Butters, of Tongue End Spalding, Lincolnshire; Husband of Mary Ann Butters, of Council Houses, Tongue End. He was a farm labourer prior to enlisting at Spalding, Lincolnshire. He died of wounds, 6th November 1918, aged 33.

Buried : Cambrai East Military Cemetery, France. Plot 2, Row A, Grave 30.

Private John William Butters is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Spalding War Memorial, Spalding Lincolnshire.
St. Nicholas Church War Memorial, Deeping St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire.
St. Nicholas Church Roll of Honour, Deeping St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire.
Tonge End War Memorial (St. Nicholas Church) Deeping St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire.