Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Captain F. E. W. Butt, West India Regiment, latterly a Sapper in the Canadian Engineers
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Lt., 1/W.I.R.); Ashanti 1900, no clasp, high relief bust (Capt., W. Ind. R.) officially engraved naming; British War and Victory Medals (1096093 Spr., C.E.) mounted as worn, good very fine, rare combination (4) £800-900

Frank Ernest Wilhelm Butt, was born in London on 25 October 1871. He was fluent in French and German and gained a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the West India Regiment in 1894. He subsequently served a total of 9 years military service with 1st West India Regiment, serving at operations in Sierra Leone, 1898-99. Advanced to Captain in May 1900, he was specially employed on the Gold Coast, 19 January 1900-26 December 1901. After resigning his commission and leaving the West India Regiment, Frank Butt migrated to Canada where he became a Farmer. He attested at Toronto for service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 11 January 1917 and served overseas as a Sapper in the Canadian Engineers. With copied papers relating to his service and other research.