Strange Gould BUTSON

1851 - 1879  (28 years)

• Name	Strange Gould BUTSON  [1, 2]
  Born	1851
  	elder son of Rev. C. H. Gould Butson & Helena Eyre
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	Between 1878 and 1879	Afghanistan   [1]
  	9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers - list of those entitled to Medal for the Afghan War - Captain Butson, S. G. - Entitled to clasps for action at Charasia and Kabul - "Killed 13.12.79"
  Died	13 Dec 1879	Siah Sang (Kabul), Afghanistan   [2]
  	It was in the action of Siah Sang, on the 13th of December, while leading a squadron on the summit of a hill up which he had just charged the enemy, that he fell, pierced to the heart by an Afghan bullet.==Biographies of Fallen British Officers, Afghan War
  		Strange Gould Butson - Biography in "Biographies of Fallen British Officers, Afghan War" pp 31-32 == https://www.fold3.com/image/1/599804914 AND https://www.fold3.com/image/1/599804915
  		Strange Gould Butson - Biography in Biographies of Fallen British Officers, Afghan War (p 31) p 1 of 2
  Buried	15 Dec 1879	Sherpur, Bengal, India   [2]
  	Captain Butson's remains were buried with military honours, on the evening of the 13th December, in the little cemetery at Sherpur, where so many of his fellow countrymen have found a last resting-place.==Biographies of Fallen British Officers, Afghan War
  		Strange Gould Butson - Biography in "Biographies of Fallen British Officers, Afghan War" pp 31-32 == https://www.fold3.com/image/1/599804914 AND https://www.fold3.com/image/1/599804915
  		Strange Gould Butson - Biography in Biographies of Fallen British Officers, Afghan War (p 31) p 1 of 2
  Person ID	I3709	Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Christopher Henry Gould BUTSON,   b. Abt 1817,   d. 13 Jun 1892, Ballinasloe, Ireland  (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Helena Eyre MAUNSELL,   b. Abt 1820
  Relationship	natural
  Married	28 Oct 1846	Saint Nicholas Galway, Galway, Ireland, UK   [3, 4]
  	probably in Ireland
  Family ID	F601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Strange Gould Butson Captain 9th Lancers
  		Strange Gould Butson - Biography in Biographies of Fallen British Officers, Afghan War (p 31) p 1 of 2

  
  

  Documents

  Strange Gould Butson - Biography in "Biographies of Fallen British Officers, Afghan War" pp 31-32 == https://www.fold3.com/image/1/599804914 AND https://www.fold3.com/image/1/599804915

  
  

• Sources

  [S223] UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), WO 100; Piece: 51. UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949 WO 100; Piece: 51 [S224] India, Select Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S152] Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S177] Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - “Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845–1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office. "Quarterly Returns of Births in Ireland with Index;).