Full name Albert Victor Butler Education Colby College Name Ben Butler | Years Team Place of death Military hospital Children Blanche Butler Ames | |
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Date of death 13 May 1916(1916-05-13) Role Former Governor of Massachusetts Died January 11, 1893, Washington, D.C., United States Spouse Sarah Hildreth Butler (m. 1844–1876) Books Autobiography and Personal, Letter of General Benj F Bu, Autobiography and Personal, Private and Official Correspo, Private and Official Correspo Similar People P G T Beauregard, David Dixon Porter, David Farragut, Sarah Hildreth Butler, Adelbert Ames | ||
Albert Victor "Ben" Butler (died 13 May 1916) was an English professional footballer. He played for Reading and Queens Park Rangers.
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Personal life
Butler supplemented his football income by working as an engine cleaner for the South East Railway Company. He served in World War I for the 17th (Service) Battalion Middlesex Regiment, also known as the First Football Battalion. On 3 May 1916 his right leg was badly wounded by shelling at Cite Calonne. The leg was subsequently amputated and he died as a result ten days later, leaving a widow, Kate. He was buried in Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension. Butler's will, in which he left everything to Kate, survives and is in the archives of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service.
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