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British footballer
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Place of birth
Reading, Berkshire, South East England, England
Place of death
military hospital
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Biography
Albert Victor "Ben" Butler (died 13 May 1916) was an English professional footballer. He played for Reading and Queens Park Rangers.
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.
Honours
- Southern League Second Division: 1910–11
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