BUTLER Albert Edward

  • First Name(s):
    Albert 
    Edward 
  • Surname:
    BUTLER
  • Service Number:
    17276
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    12th December 1915
  • Age At Death:
    18
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta, Grave C. I. 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Ombersley, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John and Clara Jane Butler, of Mortimer Terrace, Ombersley, Droitwich

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BUTLER Albert Edward Is Named On These Memorials

Ombersley St Andrew’s Church
Ombersley War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Ombersley St Andrew’s Church with the information: Cpl

Further Information About BUTLER Albert Edward

Albert Butler was baptised on 12th September 1897 in Ombersley, his father was a labourer living in Hadfield.  His parents were married on 8th July 1883 in Ombersley Church:
John Butler, age 38, bachelor, labourer, father Henry Butler, labourer
Clara Jane Robinson, age 26, spinster, father Thomas Robinson, labourer. Witnessed by Phillip and Fanny Armstrong.

Albert had two half siblings, Annie Pitt Robinson baptised in Ombersley on 18th July 1876 and Ellen Robinson baptised on 20th October 1880 in Ombersley.  He also had 3 full siblings, George Butler, birth registered in the December Quarter 1890, John Butler, born May 1893 and Jane Butler, birth registered in the March Quarter 1895.  Jane married Thomas M. Cox in Ombersley during the March Quarter 1918, her death is registered in the December Quarter 1920 under the Droitwich Registration District.

On the 1901 Census Albert, aged 3, is living in Oldfield Lane, his father John is a labourer.

On the 1911 Census Albert aged 13 is at school and the family still live in Oldfield Lane, his father John is employed as a Wood Cutter.

A photograph of Corporal A.E. Butler can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 29th January 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Additional information researched and transcribed by Mark Chambers. Berrow's Worcester Journal Supplement researched by Sandra Taylor.