Lieutenant-General Sir William Francis Butler, was an Irish British Army officer and writer.
General Butler caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1907
GCB breast star
House Butler Armorial Bearings
The 69th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1756. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 41st Regiment of Foot to form the Welch Regiment in 1881.
William Butler (British Army officer)
…eviction were amongst his earliest recollections. He was educated chiefly by the Jesuits at Tullabeg College. Butler entered the Army as an ensign of the 69th Foot at Fermoy Barracks in 1858, becoming captain in 1872 and major in 1874. He took part with distinction in the Red River expedition (1870–71) and the…
The Battle of the Saintes, in which the regiment fought as marines
Cornelius Cuyler, the regiment's colonel from 1794 to 1819
The siege of Bergen op Zoom, which the regiment fought in
c. 1880 cigarette card of a regimental private