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William Herbert BUTLER | |
Lucy Ellen OTTAWAY |
| b. 4 Feb 1895 at Egham SRY | b. 24 Nov 1893 at Addlestone SRY | ||
| mar. 13 Jul 1921 at St Jude's Englefield Green Egham SRY | |||
| d. 9 May 1971 at Southall MDX, aged 76 cremated 13 May 1971 Slough Crematorium |
d. 14 Dec 1974 at Upton Hospital Slough BRK, aged 81 cremated 19 Dec 1974 Slough Crematorium |
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| Sergeant in Signals (Army 1911 - 1920, WW1) Foreman Engineer (Post Office Telephones) Gardener |
Laundry worker (1921) |
Their Children
| Lucy Evelyn | William Alfred James | |
| b. 6 Apr 1922 at Old Windsor BRK | b. 14 Jul 1925 at Old Windsor BRK | |
| m. Robert Henry WILDER 1944 Windsor RD BRK | m. Thelma HUDSON 6 Jun 1951 at The Register Office Windsor BRK | |
| d. 21 Nov 1999 at Upton Hospital Slough BRK, aged 77 | d. 14 Sep 2010 at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary Huddersfield WRY, aged 86 |
Who They Were
William joined the Army as a regular soldier on 23 Aug 1911, adding two years to his age to qualify. He served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment from the start of World War I, in Flanders and Northern France. He was with the force which occupied Germany after the Armistice. Once demobbed, he returned to civilian life, but was later called up to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment to deal with riots in the early 1920s. He was later employed as a Post Office Engineer, erecting telegraph poles, and after retirement he turned his hobby, gardening, into a third career, and became a jobbing gardener. [Notes | William's War Diary]
William married Lucy Ellen OTTAWAY daughter of William Frederick OTTAWAY and Mary Ann HARRISON, on 13 Jul 1921 in Egham Surrey. Lucy had been orphaned at the tender age of 11, her father having died when she was seven and her mother four years later in 1904. Whilst living with her married sister in Nottingham, after her Mother died, she was employed as a cigarette worker at the Player's cigarette factory. On her return to Surrey, Lucy was employed as a laundry worker before her marriage, and as a cook whilst her children were growing up. [Notes]
Click here for album of photographs of William Alfred James Butler.
Where They Lived
1925 - 3 Mount Place Crimp Hill Road Old Windsor BRK.
1939 - 1 Straight Road Old Windsor BRK (later renumbered 34 and named Rosewood; later still renumber 62).
1968 - 60 Queen's Close Old Windsor BRK.
Family Group Identifiers
Family: BUTHAM01
Family Group: butham132