Background
Butler was born in on 20 December 1888 to Lt. Col. Francis John Paul Butler and the Hon. Elspeth Butler. He was married, to Alice Amelia of Portfield, Chichester. He was nephew of Lord Gifford, VC. Butler was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps in February 1907.
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