Edwin Cheetham Butcher
Edwin Cheetham Butcher
Edwin Cheetham Butcher also known as Edward was born in the 3rd quarter of 1890 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire.
Born to parents Robert Samuel Butcher and Sarah Blyth.
On the 1891 census, the family was living Hull Bank, Cottingham, Sculcoates, Yorkshire , Edward fathers occupation was listed as a Farm Foreman.
By the 1901 census, the family living at 16, Hardy Street, Sculcoates, Yorkshire and Edwin was listed as Cheetham. His father Robert's occupation was listed as a postal telegraph foreman.
By the 1911 census, Edwin's father had passed away , his mother Sarah was head of the house and they were living at 155 St Paul Street Hull, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, Edwin was listed as a Goods rulleyman.
In the 1st quarter of 1915, Edwin married Bertha Albertina Stephens at Sculcoates and their daughter Lena was born on the 9th of August 1915 and their son Edwin Cheetham Butcher born on the 28th of May 1918.
Edwin enlisted to the 1st/4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, service number 205574.
Sadly Edwin was Killed in Action on the 27th of May 1918 and is remembered at the Soissons Memorial.
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