John Butler
Rank: Private
Service No: 24359
Place of Birth: Old Cumnock, Ayrshire
Date of Death: 20/05/1917
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (1st Bn.)
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Additional information: Son of Thomas Butler of 51 Main Street, Rutherglen and the late Isabella Butler.
Soldier’s Effects information: Mother Isabella Butler.
1901 census information:
Address: 4 Greenhill Road, Rutherglen.
Father: Thomas (53), coal miner born about 1848 in Dalry.
Mother: Isabella (53) born about 1848 in Shotts.
Sister: Margaret (22) twine dresser, born about 1879 in England.
Sister: Mary (20) twine baller, born about 1881 in England.
Sister: Catherine (18) cloth finisher, born about 1883 in England.
Sister: Sarah (15) twine spinner, born about 1886 in New Cumnock.
Sister: Christina (12) born about 1889 in New Cumnock.
Self: John (7) born about 1894 in New Cumnock.
Sister: Agnes (4) born about 1897 in New Cumnock.
Sister: Helen (1) born about 1900 in Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. J. Butler, Glasgow. Mr and Mrs Butler, 51 Main Street, Rutherglen, have been notified that their only son, Private John Butler, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action on May 19, 1917. Prior to his enlistment he was employed in the Rutherglen Farme Colliery. He was 22 years of age.