Arthur James Basil Butcher · 2nd Lt. · † 1916 · Register of names Talbot House

Personal data

Name	Butcher
Initials	A.J.B.
Christian name	Arthur James Basil
Date and place of birth	Hydrabad, India; 27.04.1884
Address	Killinghall Estate Kuala Lumpur Selangor Malaya Malaysia (1910)
Profession	Planter/Assistant Manager
Family	Son of Col. Henry Townsend Butcher, (R.A.) and Annie Susan Butcher; husband of Gertrude Theresa (nee Tanner) Butcher, of Eastern Lodge, Kempsey, Worcester.

Rank	2nd Lt.
Regiment / Unit	17 King's Royal Rifle Corps
Date of death	03/09/1916
Age	32
Cemetery / Memorial	Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, II.F.7

Information: 'The Barnett-Butcher Lamp' - Worcester Branch. Endowed on 01.04.1931. First lit on 06.06.1931 at Crystal Palace, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of John Spencer Barnett, Pte., A.S.C. (M.T.), attd. R.A.F.; died of sickness at Coventry, 6.11.1918; and of Arthur James Basil Butcher, 2nd Lt., 6th, attd. 17th, King's Royal Rifles. Beaumont-Hamel, 3.9.1916." (Given by their relations.) Brass plaques (4) kept at Talbot House.
Information 2: His father, Brevet Col. Henry Townsend Butcher, 108 Brigade Royal Field Artillery, was killed on 20.09.1915, aged 58 (Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos). His brother, Lt.-Col. Trevor Aveling Butcher, 11 Field Ambulance R.A.M.C., was killed on 01.12.1942, aged 49, O.B.E. (Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia).
Information 3: Gravemarker with multiple names, incl. Butcher, kept at St. Mary's, Kempsey, Worcestershire
Information 4: Commemorated on the Singapore Cenotaph, on the Malacca War Memorial in Christ Church, on a memorial in St Jude's Church, Earls Court, London