Basic Details
Surname
Butler
Forenames
J D
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
John David
Served or died
Died
Notes
All extra information is has been provided by the College Archivist (see References) in response to an enquiry from the IWM, including this biographical detail: '(1940) Born 23 September 1921, 29 Friars Street, Sudbury, Suffolk; son of Gerald Snowden Butler, Director, Ordnance Factories, India, and Helen Veronica Shaw. Tutor(s): C W Guillebaud. Educ: Dorset House, Littlehampton; Oundle School. Career: Captain, Gurkha Rifles 1940–1944. Award: Munsteven Exhibition, SJC 1940. Died June 1944 (killed in action in Burma).' His name was belatedly added to the roll sometime between 1946 and 1954: the College magazine, Eagle, noted his death in its 1948 issue.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Burma (Myanmar)
Year of death
1944
Month of death
June
Age at death
22
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action