Captain JOHN FITZHARDINGE PAUL BUTLER
King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Bn.
Died 05 September 1916
Age 27 years old
- 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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