See also

John William Buttfield (1893-1915)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • soldier

  • Birth:

  • 15 Feb 1893

  • Sheerness, Kent, England1,2,3,4

  • 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

Sources

1.

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.

2.

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.

3.

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.

4.

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.

5.

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.

6.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Le Touret Memorial panels 26 and 27. Cit. Date: 24 April 2020.

7.

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.