Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Attributed to Lieutenant R. Butler, Reconnaissance Corps, died in Burma 18 April 1944

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure slip, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. A. Butler, 15 Cambolt Road, Putney, London, SW15’, extremely fine (4) £80-120

Robert Butler was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Reconnaissance Corps on 9 May 1941, and served with the 45th Regiment during the Second World War in Burma. He died on 18 April 1944, and is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.