Name
William Martin Butler
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/03/1919
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
Royal Engineers
1st Siege Company, Royal Monmouthshire
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
II. C. 20.
France
Headstone Inscription
Thou Shalt Compass Me About With Songs of Deliverance
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
His parents were Arthur John and Mary Caroline Butler of Ward End, Weybridge, Surrey.
He was educated at Eton and at Trinity College,
Cambridge and became a Civil Engineer and married Enid.
Wartime Service
William was in the 1st Siege Company (Monmouthshire) of the Royal Engineers.
He died of pneumonia and is buried in Plot 2, Row C, Grave 20 in the St. Roch Communal Cemetery in Valenciennes in France. His headstone reads “Thou Shalt Compass Me About With Songs of Deliverance” as requested by his mother.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines, Jonty Wild
