Location
The plaque is on the back of one of the choristers stalls in the chancel.
South side, front row, fourth from the west end.
Memorial
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Inscription
CAPT. HENRY THOMAS
BUTLER, 55TH REGT
KILLED INKERMAN
NOV 5 1854 AGE 42
DD: OFFICERS 55 REGT.
Further Information
Captain Butler, 55th Regiment, served in China (medal) at Amoy, Chusan, Chinhae, (including repulse of night attack) Chapoo, Woosing, Shanghae, and Ching Kiang Foo; also served with the Army of the East, and was present at the battles of the Alma and Inkerman; at the latter battle he was Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General to the First Division, and fell while actively engaged in his important duties, aged 42.
[From the 1873 Guide to the Church]
Captain Butler was one of the four sons of Lieut. General The Hon. Henry Edward Butler who are commemorated on a plaque beneath the South-West window in the chancel.
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