ID: WW2_ACB

TitleWorld War 2 - Alfred Charlton Butler
AbstractWW2 Memorial Profiles for West Mersea

Alfred Charlton Butler

ALFRED CHARLTON BUTLER
Service Number LT/JX 185930 (from CWGC website, but the grave is engraved LT/JZ 185930 )
Died 21 December 1944 in Gosport Naval Hospital
Aged 31
H.M. Motor Minesweeper 186. Royal Naval Patrol Service
Buried in Barfield Road Cemetery, West Mersea, Grave 327.
Commemorated on West Mersea War Memorial and also the Memorial Plaque in West Mersea School

Alfred Butler was born 10 September 1919 in Fleetwood. He and brother Edward were sons of William and Emma Butler née Denney. William died in 1918 and Emma married George Arthur Vince in Fleetwood in 1919. They moved to Mersea where George had come from.
Emma died in 1929 and George Arthur Vince married Doris Ethel (or Ethel) Pamment in Colchester 30 Apr 1930.

Alfred started school at West Mersea 13 September 1920. [ School Log Book ]. By 1939 he was living at Ferndale, 2 Mill Road, with his step-aunt Flora Ada Vince, and his occupation is shown as yachting and fishing.

Alfred was serving on H.M. MMS 186 in December 1944 and died in Gosport Naval Hospital, but the cause of his death is not known.
Motor Minesweeper 186 was built Irvine, Peterhead in 1942 and sold out of service in 1946.

Arthur Charlton Butler, Barfield Road Cemetery

Arthur Charlton Butler grave in Barfield Road Cemetery, West Mersea

With thanks to
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Roger Bullen
Julia Summers

Keywordsnam 001
SourceMersea Museum
IDWW2_ACB
Related Images:
 Alfred Butler - Alfred died 21 December 1944, Gosport Naval Hospital.
 The picture came from Mary Vince.  ACB_001
ImageID:   ACB_001
Title: Alfred Butler - Alfred died 21 December 1944, Gosport Naval Hospital.
The picture came from Mary Vince.
Date:c1942
Source:Mersea Museum / Julia Summers
 Alfred Butler left. A wartime picture - Alfred died 21 December 1944, Gosport Naval Hospital.
 The picture came from Mary Vince.  ACB_003
ImageID:   ACB_003
Title: Alfred Butler left. A wartime picture - Alfred died 21 December 1944, Gosport Naval Hospital.
The picture came from Mary Vince.
Date:c1942
Source:Mersea Museum / Julia Summers
 Alfred Butler on the right. 
 The picture came from Mary Vince. It is at a wedding, but there are no further details. Who are the others ?  ACB_005
ImageID:   ACB_005
Title: Alfred Butler on the right.
The picture came from Mary Vince. It is at a wedding, but there are no further details. Who are the others ?
Source:Mersea Museum / Julia Summers
 L-R Teddy Vince, Chippy Pullen, Alf Butler, Billy Vince [Peter Vince].  PUL_OPA_257
ImageID:   PUL_OPA_257
Title: L-R Teddy Vince, Chippy Pullen, Alf Butler, Billy Vince [Peter Vince].
Date:1937
Source:Mersea Museum / Pullen Family Collection
 Grave of A.C. BUTLER
 Seaman RNPS LT/JZ 185930
 H.M. Motor Minesweeper 186
 21 December 1944 Age 31.
 In Loving Memory of Alfred and his Mother. At rest in the arms of Jesus.
</p><p>Barfield Road Cemetery, West Mersea, Grave 327.  WW2_ACB_009
ImageID:   WW2_ACB_009
Title: Grave of A.C. BUTLER
Seaman RNPS LT/JZ 185930
H.M. Motor Minesweeper 186
21 December 1944 Age 31.
In Loving Memory of Alfred and his Mother. At rest in the arms of Jesus.

Barfield Road Cemetery, West Mersea, Grave 327.

Date:21 December 1944
Source:Mersea Museum / Roger Bullen Collection