In Remembrance of
Horace Albert Butler
Date of birth: 27th April 1920
Place of birth: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: P/SSX 20506
Joined Hood: Unknown
Left Hood: 24th May 1941 (loss of ship)
Biographical Information: Horace was born on 27th April 1920 in Northampton. He lived with his sister Elizabeth in Abington, Northampton between 1936 and 1941. He was 21 years old at the time of his loss.
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
SourcesCommonwealth War Graves Commission'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
His nephew, Roy William Gossage (photo & information, February 2004)