Harold Winstone Butterworth

Forenames

Harold Winstone AWMM

Surname

Butterworth AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

12 Jul 1895 AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs E.A. Butterworth, Victoria Avenue, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• Air Force AWMM

Military training

21 Jun 1915 AWMM
Joined Brooklands military school AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Royal Flying Corps, 18 Squadron AWMM

Death

• 16 Jul 1916 AWMM
  Age  21 AWMM
• 22 Jun 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France AWMM XV.J.25. AWMM

Obituary

Flight Sub-Lieut. H. W. Butterworth, Royal Flying Corps, who was previously reported missing, has now been reported by the War Office to have been killed. The War Office states that information has been received from a reliable source that the aeroplane was shot down by infantry in the night 15th/16th July, and he was buried at Garvin [sic] on July 17th. Lieut. Butterworth was a splendid officer, and everyone who knew him admired him for his many sterling qualities. His people live at Mt. Albert, Auckland. (Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F., 29 September 1916, p. 57) AWMM

Memorial name

• Mount Albert War Memorial Hall, 773 New North Road, Mount Albert Auckland 1025 AWMM
• Mount Albert Methodist Church, 831 New North Road, Mount Albert, Auckland 1025 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20798990
  Further Reference
• White, Georgina. Harold Winstone Butterworth. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 22 June 2021.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/butterworth
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commmission
  https://www.cwgc.org/
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Jubilee of the Seddon Memorial Technical College 1903-1953,(1953) [Pamphlet Collection],Auckland, New Zealand. Seddon Memorial Technical College. LG 745 .A8
  [College war effort page]
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
  Obituary: 29 September 1916, p. 57.
• Butterworth, Harold Winstone (ca. 1915) Royal Flying Corps album. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-ALB-552.
• Butterworth, Harold Winstone. Papers relating to service in Royal Flying Corps, 1915 - 1916. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-996.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.