Edwin Butterfield
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First Word War Soldier. 'No.397139. Sapper. Royal Anglesea Engineers. No 4. Depot. Co. Beaumaris. All Saints Bible Class. Reported Jan.18. Mar 9. Furlough between. So after went to France. Stated to be wounded May 11 Reported May 17. in Hospital at Colchester Home Aug.2. Saw him Aug.13. Gone again Aug 20 In Anglesea Oct.4. Dec.14. D.Depot Co. Beaumaris Anglesea. L. Corp. In France again May 1916. Nov.1916 ii Corp. R.A.R.E. c/o A.P.O. R.46 3 Railway Co. 3 Construction Sect. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) Mar.30 as before. Nov.1917 c/o A.P.O.6 3 Railway Co. B.E.F. Nov.1918 No 279906 2 Corp. as before.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/1)
Gender: Male
External sources: 7 Brunswick Road