Pioneer Thomas Jury Butler
166th Fortress Coy, Royal Engineers
His father William was with the Royal Marines as was
his father before him (Crimea, Syria and New Zealand)
and possibly his father before him. Thomas' grandfather
on his mother's side was also Royal marines
Born in 1888 at Wimbledon. Husband of Louisa Elizabeth
Butler. Resident at Marconi Cottage,
Longy, Alderney
Enlisted in The East Surrey Regiment in
1906, served in India before being invalided home in 1908
to Netley as medically unfit. He re-attested in Guernsey
in 1917 and was posted to the 166th Fortress Company.
Transferred to a RE reserve company at Newark, he was
sent to Netley Hospital on 12/1/1918 for transfer to Z
Reserve on 21/01/1919.
His name appears on:
Alderney War Memorial
Memorial in St Anne's Church, Alderney
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