Ben Butler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Victor Butler | ||
| Date of death | 13 May 1916 | ||
| Place of death | Military hospital | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Reading | |||
| – | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Albert Victor "Ben" Butler (died 13 May 1916, age 29[1]) was a professional footballer for Reading and Queens Park Rangers.[1]
He served in World War I for the 17th (Service) Battalion Middlesex Regiment, also known as the First Footballers' Battalion.[1] On 3 May 1916 his right leg was badly wounded by shelling at Cite Calonne. He died as a result, ten days later, leaving a widow, Kate.[1]
Butler's will, in which he leaves everything to Kate, survives and is in the archives of Her Majesty's Court and Tribunal Service.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lee, Matt (2013-08-29). "World War I soldier wills digitised for online archive". BBC Online. Retrieved 29 August 2013.