Captain Butler, Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in the Duke of Cambridge's staff, was shot through the head [with grape-shot]. Captain Butler was the brother of the Hero of Silistria, and has himself obtained for his distinguished military services a medal, which, with his watch, rings, and money, was taken from him by the enemy before his body was discovered. (Morning Post, 23 Nov 1854, page 5)
DEATH OF CAPTAIN BUTLER
Captain Butler, 55th Regiment, brother to the hero of Silistria, was shot through the head by a grape-shot, and died without the smallest struggle. His remains had been laid across a French ambulance, and a message sent to the engineer camp, informing the officers that one of their captians was being brought in dead. Two engineer officers and a chaplain went out to attend the corpse; they examined it, and all at once mournfully expressed their grief at the loss of so distinguished a soldier. When the party drew near the park, the sergeant-major was called for, and orders given for a tent to be prepared; but at that moment the engineer officer whom three of his intimate friends believed dead by their sides, came up calmly and inquired the name of the deceased. Our principal chaplain (Mr Wright) then went up and examined the features closely, and, after a moment's thought, exclaimed, "I see who it is; it is poor Butler." Another account says: "Capt. Butler, Deputy-Assistance-Adjustant-General, on the Duke's staff, was shot through the head on the field. He was robbed of his boots, socks, watch, rings, and cap. He was brother to the hero of Silistria, and had a medal for military services, of which he was stripped. A sad loss these two brothers to the country." (Fife Herald, 30 Nov 1854, page 3)
Birth year inferred by age at time of death (42 years).
DEATH OF CAPTAIN BUTLER
Captain Butler, 55th Regiment, brother to the hero of Silistria, was shot through the head by a grape-shot, and died without the smallest struggle. His remains had been laid across a French ambulance, and a message sent to the engineer camp, informing the officers that one of their captians was being brought in dead. Two engineer officers and a chaplain went out to attend the corpse; they examined it, and all at once mournfully expressed their grief at the loss of so distinguished a soldier. When the party drew near the park, the sergeant-major was called for, and orders given for a tent to be prepared; but at that moment the engineer officer whom three of his intimate friends believed dead by their sides, came up calmly and inquired the name of the deceased. Our principal chaplain (Mr Wright) then went up and examined the features closely, and, after a moment's thought, exclaimed, "I see who it is; it is poor Butler." Another account says: "Capt. Butler, Deputy-Assistance-Adjustant-General, on the Duke's staff, was shot through the head on the field. He was robbed of his boots, socks, watch, rings, and cap. He was brother to the hero of Silistria, and had a medal for military services, of which he was stripped. A sad loss these two brothers to the country." (Fife Herald, 30 Nov 1854, page 3)
Birth year inferred by age at time of death (42 years).
Captain Butler, Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in the Duke of Cambridge's staff, was shot through the head [with grape-shot]. Captain Butler was the brother of the Hero of Silistria, and has himself obtained for his distinguished military services a medal, which, with his watch, rings, and money, was taken from him by the enemy before his body was discovered. (Morning Post, 23 Nov 1854, page 5)
DEATH OF CAPTAIN BUTLER
Captain Butler, 55th Regiment, brother to the hero of Silistria, was shot through the head by a grape-shot, and died without the smallest struggle. His remains had been laid across a French ambulance, and a message sent to the engineer camp, informing the officers that one of their captians was being brought in dead. Two engineer officers and a chaplain went out to attend the corpse; they examined it, and all at once mournfully expressed their grief at the loss of so distinguished a soldier. When the party drew near the park, the sergeant-major was called for, and orders given for a tent to be prepared; but at that moment the engineer officer whom three of his intimate friends believed dead by their sides, came up calmly and inquired the name of the deceased. Our principal chaplain (Mr Wright) then went up and examined the features closely, and, after a moment's thought, exclaimed, "I see who it is; it is poor Butler." Another account says: "Capt. Butler, Deputy-Assistance-Adjustant-General, on the Duke's staff, was shot through the head on the field. He was robbed of his boots, socks, watch, rings, and cap. He was brother to the hero of Silistria, and had a medal for military services, of which he was stripped. A sad loss these two brothers to the country." (Fife Herald, 30 Nov 1854, page 3)
Birth year inferred by age at time of death (42 years).
DEATH OF CAPTAIN BUTLER
Captain Butler, 55th Regiment, brother to the hero of Silistria, was shot through the head by a grape-shot, and died without the smallest struggle. His remains had been laid across a French ambulance, and a message sent to the engineer camp, informing the officers that one of their captians was being brought in dead. Two engineer officers and a chaplain went out to attend the corpse; they examined it, and all at once mournfully expressed their grief at the loss of so distinguished a soldier. When the party drew near the park, the sergeant-major was called for, and orders given for a tent to be prepared; but at that moment the engineer officer whom three of his intimate friends believed dead by their sides, came up calmly and inquired the name of the deceased. Our principal chaplain (Mr Wright) then went up and examined the features closely, and, after a moment's thought, exclaimed, "I see who it is; it is poor Butler." Another account says: "Capt. Butler, Deputy-Assistance-Adjustant-General, on the Duke's staff, was shot through the head on the field. He was robbed of his boots, socks, watch, rings, and cap. He was brother to the hero of Silistria, and had a medal for military services, of which he was stripped. A sad loss these two brothers to the country." (Fife Herald, 30 Nov 1854, page 3)
Birth year inferred by age at time of death (42 years).
Inscription
In Memory of
[Cross IHS]
Lieut. Lea Birch
Died 8th October 1854
Captain H.T. Butler
Killed at the Battle of Inkerman
5th November 1854
and
Assistance Surgeon J.J. Norris
Died 22nd Novr 1854
All of the 55th Regt of Foot.
This Stone is Erected
By the Officers of the 55th Regt
As a Tribute of Respect to the
Memory, and of Sincere Grief
For Their Loss
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