Photo Brian Chandler
J.K. Butters
Tyneside Scottish N.F.
12th June 1916.
Dearly loved youngest son of
E.J. & the late J. Butters
Longhoughton Lesbury
England.
In loving memory of
John beloved husband of
E.J. Butters who died
April 8 1903, aged 51 years
William their dear & eldest son
died April 30 1905, aged 20 years
and of John Kim Butters
their dear & youngest son
who died from wounds received
in action near La Boisselle
June 12 1916, aged 28 years
Interred at Etretat, France
John Kim was the youngest son of the late John and Elizabeth Jane Butters.
He was born at Rennington, Northumberland in the first quarter of 1888.
Prior to enlisting he worked as a Draper’s Assistant and was living at 37 Dockwray Square, North Shields.
He died at No.1 General Hospital, Etretat, France from gunshot wounds to the face.
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson.
John Kim Butters is remembered in Longhoughton on L29.03 and in Alnwick on A11.16
He is also mentioned in the Battalion War Diaries for January 1916-January 1918 page 13
