See also
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
soldier
Birth:
15 Feb 1893
Baptism:
9 Mar 1893 (age 0)
St. Paul's Church, Terminus Road, Sheerness, Kent, England2
son of John Edward Buttfield (marine gunner and Lily of 23 Sheppey Street, born on 15th February 1893
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 55)
1 School Lane, Sheerness, Kent, England3
grandson living in three rooms with his grandparents William and Marthar. Born in Sheerness Kent
Military Service:
17 Sep 1908 (age 15)
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) as private no:109795
he was 5' 1⅜" tall, weighed 102lbs, had a chest of 31" with expansion of 3", fresh complexion, brown eyes and hair, and was Church of England religion
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 18)
Gough Barracks, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, India4
an unmarried drummer in 1st battalion of the Sherwood Foresters who was born in Sheerness Kent
Death:
5 Feb 1915 (age 21)
Pas-de-Calais, France5
Cause: in action
War Memorial:
Le Touret Memorial, Rue du Bois, Le Touret, Pas-de-Calais, France6
no:10979 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Medals:
1920 (app)7
Victory and British medals
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Sheppy 1893 quarter:1 volume:2a page:925. Cit. Date: 23 April 2020.
FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Kent Baptisms Sheerness St. Paul baptisms page:30 entry:240. Cit. Date: 27 April 2020.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:816 folio:45 page:10. Cit. Date: 23 April 2020.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:34991 registration district:641 sub-district:16 enumeration district:36 schedule:9999. Cit. Date: 24 April 2020.
FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:WO363 Sherwood Foresters no:10979. Cit. Date: 24 April 2020.
Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Le Touret Memorial panels 26 and 27. Cit. Date: 24 April 2020.
Ancestry British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). no:10979 Notts & Derby R. Cit. Date: 24 April 2020.