Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private E. F. Butson, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 August 1916

1914-15 Star (10312 Pte E. F. Butson, Som: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10312 Pte. E. F. Butson. Som. L. I.); Memorial Plaque (Edward [sic] Frederick Butson) small patch of verdigris on back of star, otherwise generally very fine (4) £120-£160

Edwin Frederick Butson was born in Barton Hill, Bristol, and attested there for the Somerset Light Infantry. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 May 1915, and was killed in action on 18 August 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Delville Wood, suffering a total of 280 casualties. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sold with two unofficial commemorative medals.