Ben Butler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Victor Butler[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Reading, England | ||
| Date of death | 13 May 1916 (aged 29)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Woolwich Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Reading | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
See also: Benjamin Butler
Albert Victor "Ben" Butler was a professional footballer for Reading and Queens Park Rangers.[3]
Personal life
Butler supplemented his football income by working as an engine cleaner for the South East Railway Company.[2] He served in World War I for the 17th (Service) Battalion Middlesex Regiment, also known as the First Football Battalion.[3] On 3 May 1916 his right leg was badly wounded by shelling at Cite Calonne. The leg was subsequently amputated and he died as a result,[2] 10 days later, leaving a widow, Kate.[3] He was buried in Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension.[1] Butler's will, in which he left everything to Kate, survives and is in the archives of Her Majesty's Court and Tribunal Service.[3]
Honours
References
- 1 2 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- 1 2 3 4 "Reading remembers those players who were killed in the First World War". www.readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- 1 2 3 4 Lee, Matt (2013-08-29). "World War I soldier wills digitised for online archive". BBC Online. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
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