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Surname: BUTLER
Forename(s): Cyril Frank
Place of Birth: Settle, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 112th Brigade
Division: 25th Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-06-08
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VII. D. 1.
CWGC Cemetery: MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SETTLE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON – ERMYSTED’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Cyril Frank Butler (born 19 August 1894) was the son of James and Ada Butler, née Birtwell. James was born at Leeds, Yorkshire and Ada at Piddington, Northamptonshire.
1901 Giggleswick, Yorkshire Census: Belle Hill - Cyril Frank Butler, aged 6 years, born Settle, Yorkshire, son of James and Ada Butler.
1911 Giggleswick, Yorkshire Census: Belle Hill - Cyril Frank Butler, aged 16 years, born Settle, Yorkshire, son of James and Ada Butler.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Cyril Frank Butler, 116384, R.F.A.; 2/Lieut 112 R.F.A. Theatre of War first served in: France. Date of entry therein: 17.4.16. Discharged to Commission: 1.2.18. Died 8.6.18. Correspondence: (Father) J. Butler Esq, 1, Chancery Lane, Westgate, Huddersfield.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gunner C. F. Butler, 116384, R.F.A. Commissioned 9.2.18.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: 2 Lieut C. F. Butler, R.F.A. D. of W. 8.6.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: 2 Lt C.F. Butler, R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 8.6.18. Wounds. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - James Butler Esq. £72 12s. 2d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: 2nd Lieut Cyril Frank Butler, R.F.A. Father. [No other details given on card.]
When Cyril was killed, the 112th Brigade R.F.A. was attached to the 21st Division.
Cyril is commemorated on York, St John’s College War Memorial; Huddersfield Parish Church Roll of Honour and in 'Huddersfield's Roll of Honour 1914-1922' by J. Margaret Stansfield (2014).
A short biography of Cyril is included in: ‘A Grammar School at War – The Story of Ermysted’s Grammar School during the Great War’ by Steven Howarth (2007).
Photograph: 'Yorkshire Rugby Football Union - In Memoriam 1914-19'.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
BUTLER, Second Lieutenant C.F., R.F.A., a former Skipton footballer, killed in action, 1918.
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2nd Lieutenant Cyril Frank BUTLER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 25th Division
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Cyril F. Butler
From a photograph of Ermysted's Rugby First XV of 1911-12
Courtesy of Ermysted's Grammar School Archive
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19 July 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR - Second-Lieutenant C. F. Butler
Second-Lieutenant C. F. Butler, Royal Field Artillery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Butler, Paragon Hotel, Huddersfield, has been killed in action. He played as a three-quarter back for the Skipton Rugby Union Football Club, and later for the York, Halifax, and Huddersfield Northern Union Clubs, and he had also taken part in Yorkshire County Rugby Union trials. Lieut. Butler was educated at Skipton Grammar School, where he was school champion for three years, and at St. John's Training College, York.
26 July 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR - Second-Lieutenant C. F. Butler
The death in action of Second-Lieutenant C. F. Butler, the former Skipton footballer, which we recorded last week, was referred to by 'Old Ebor' in the Yorkshire Evening Post on Saturday as follows.
The news of the death in action of Second-Lieutenant C. F. Butler, R.F.A., has caused much regret in Huddersfield and other football circles. A friend who knew him well writes to me:- "He was one of those fellows whose gentlemanly status (real, not assumed) gives tone to any game they take part in. Always out for sport for its own sake, Butler was one of the keenest players I have met. When the shell came along which took him, he characteristically was thinking of others. He shouted out a warning to his fellows, but he was the one taken. Young Butler was educated at Skipton Grammar School, where he was schools champion for three years, and at St. John's Training College, York. He played three-quarter-back for the Skipton R.U. Club, and later for York, Huddersfield and Halifax. He also took part in the Yorkshire R.U. county trial games."
13 June 1919
BUTLER - In proud memory of my godson, Second-Lieutenant Cyril Frank Butler, R.F.A., who was killed in action on June 8th, 1918.
"Worthy of everlasting love of those he left behind."
J.H. Watts, Ingleboro, Southend.
04 July 1919
PEACE SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'CRAVEN HERALD' - CRAVEN'S FALLEN OFFICERS
SECOND-LIEUTENANT C. F. BUTLER
Royal Field Artillery, of Huddersfield, formerly of Giggleswick. Killed in action July, 1918. A former three-quarter back of the Skipton Rugby Football Club and an 'old boy' of Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton.
11 June 1920
BUTLER - In deepest loving memory of our only son and brother, Lieut. C. F. Butler, R.F.A., of Settle and Giggleswick, who died of wounds, June 8th, 1918.
"Greater love hath no man."
Paragon Hotel, Huddersfield.
10 June 1921
BUTLER - In deepest loving memory of our only son and brother, Lieut. C. F. Butler, R.F.A., of Settle and Giggleswick, who died of wounds June 8th, 1918.
"Greater love hath no man."
Paragon Hotel, Huddersfield.
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26 July 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Former Skipton Footballer's Death
Confirmation of the death in action of Sec. Lieut. C.F. Butler, R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Butler, Paragon Hotel, Huddersfield, has now been received. Sec. Lieut. Butler was a well-known and very popular figure in Rugby Union and Northern Union football circles, having played for Skipton R.U. Club and later for York, Huddersfield, and Halifax N.U. clubs at three-quarter back. He was at St. John's Training College, York, when, along with Webster (now sergeant) and Tindall, two other Rugby Union players, he joined the York club and played in several matches, being a promising three-quarter.
He was that type of player, the inclusion of whom in the Northern Union ranks does so much to improve the tone of the game. With luck he would have made a great name for himself on the football field. At the time of his death he was still on the York register, having played with Huddersfield and Halifax with the club's permission. He was a strong and speedy runner, and a fine athlete. He also took part in the Yorkshire Rugby Union county trials. He was educated at the Skipton Grammar School; where he was school's champion for the Years 1910, 1913, and 1914. His wide range of fiends will deeply deplore his death, and extend deep sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Butler and family in their loss.
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