David Ernest Butcher

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CWGC are appealing for relatives of driver David Ernest Butcher - driver Royal Horse Artillery.
Died 22/10/1919

Driver 172357, 1st/1st Leicester Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Formerly, Private SE/3261, No 2 Veterinary Hospital, Army Veterinary Corps. Served from, 5th January 1915, to 18th October 1918, when no longer physically fit for war service. Died at Home, aged 29. Son of Harry Ernest and Mary Butcher (nee Mitchell). Husband of Ethel Elsie Butcher (nee Randall). Commemorated on the Storrington War Memorial

The Commission is in the process of producing a special memorial headstone to commemorate him, as it is not possible to mark his actual grave.

FIND A GRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217579367/david-ernest-butcher

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1901 census Washington Sussex.

RG13 Piece 956 Folio 62 Page 2

Harry Ernest Butcher   36
Mary Butcher   33
David Ernest Butcher   10
Charles William Butcher   5
Charles Caplin   27

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marriage - David E Butcher - Spouse Surname Ethel Elsie   Randall - Registration Year1914 -  Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec - Registration district Thakeham - Sussex - Volume 2b Page 797

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Ethel Elsie Butcher - 30 June 1892 - Age 85 years - Apr-May-Jun - Registration district Horsham  Sussex - Volume18 Page 1895

At least 2 children to this couple - Betty Eugene Butcher married Frederick D H Scroggins - 1939
Chanctonbury Sussex.   2 b 1371

Couldn't see any births.

another marriage - Wallace W Chisholm - 1964 Jul-Aug-Sep - Registration district - Horsham- Sussex - Spouse Betty E Scroggins -
Volume Number 5h Page number 1230

Death - Betty Eugenie Chisholm 27 March 1915 - 1974 Death Age 59  Registration Date Oct 1974 - Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec - Registration district Worthing - County Sussex Volume18 Page2483

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A son Gerald David Butcher - 1917 -

marriage 1946 - Gerald D Butcher - 1946 Chanctonbury - Sussex - Spouse Fanny Nowland
Volume Number 5h Page number 835

Death - Gerald David Butcher 16 September 1917 - 2005 -Registration Date Jun 2005 Registration district Worthing - West Sussex - Register Number 1C13C District and Subdistrict786/1CEntry Number32

Possible daughter registered September 1948 -  Blyth - 4b 1081

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