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Captain JOHN FITZHARDINGE PAUL BUTLER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MOROGORO CEMETERY

III. C. 3.

Tanzania

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Gold Coast Regiment, W.A.F.F.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Lt. Col. Francis John Paul Butler and the Hon. Elspeth Butler; husband of Alice Amelia Butler, of Apsley House, Portfield, Chichester.
  • Personal Inscription SEMPER FIDELIS
  • Additional Citation note

    An extract from "The London Gazette dated 23rd Aug., 1915, records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery in the Cameroons, West Africa. On 17th November, 1914, with a party of 13 men, he went into the thick bush and at once attacked the enemy, in strength about 100, including several Europeans, defeated them, and captured their machine gun and many loads of ammunition. On 27th December, 1914, when on patrol duty, with a few men, he swam the Ekam River, which was held by the enemy, alone and in the face of a brisk fire, completed his reconnaissance on the further bank, and returned in safety. Two of his men were wounded while he was actually in the water".

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