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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Other people|Thomas Butler}}<br />
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{{Infobox military person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Major]]<br />
| name = Thomas Butler<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Victoria Cross|VC]]<br />
| birth_date = 12 February 1836<br />
| death_date = 17 May 1901 (aged 65)<br />
| birth_place = [[Soberton]], [[Hampshire]]<br />
| death_place = <br />
| placeofburial = St Michael's Churchyard, [[Camberley]]<br />
| image = Thomas Butler VC IWM Q 80483.jpg<br />
| caption = Major Butler's portrait<br />
| nickname = <br />
| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]<br />
| serviceyears = 1854 - 1874<br />
| rank = [[British Army Ranks|Major]]<br />
| branch = [[Bengal Army]]<br>[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]<br />
| commands = <br />
| unit = [[1st European Bengal Fusiliers]]<br>[[101st Regiment of Foot]]<br />
| battles = [[Indian Mutiny]]<br>[[Umbeyla Campaign]]<br />
| awards = [[Victoria Cross]]<br />
| laterwork = <br />
}}<br />
'''Thomas Adair Butler''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (12 February 1836 – 17 May 1901) was an [[England|English]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Born at [[Soberton]], [[Hampshire]]. He was the son of the Rev. Stephen Butler, of Bury Lodge, [[Hambledon, Hampshire]], by his first wife Mary Ann Thistlethwayte, daughter of Thomas Thistlethwayte (1779–1850), of [[Southwick Park]]; [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of Hampshire, hereditary Constable of [[Porchester Castle]] and warden of the Forest of Bere. He was a nephew of Rear-Admiral Sir [[Francis Augustus Collier]].<br />
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He was educated privately and gazetted as [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] to the [[Royal Munster Fusiliers|1st Bengal European Fusiliers]], 9 June 1854; Lieutenant, 23 November 1856, and was afterwards Instructor of Musketry. He served in the [[Indian Mutiny]] from 10 June 1857, was in all the engagements under the walls of [[Delhi]], was galloper to [[John Nicholson (East India Company officer)|General Nicholson]] at the action of Nugafshot, and took part in the Storming of Delhi. He also took part in the actions of Gungehri, Pu and Minpoorie and was present at the Siege and capture of [[Lucknow]] where he won the Victoria Cross.<ref>[http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6butlr.htm Royal Munster Fusiliers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050427/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6butlr.htm |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref><br />
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==Details==<br />
He was 22 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[1st European Bengal Fusiliers]] (later [[Royal Munster Fusiliers]]) during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place on 9 March 1858 at [[Lucknow]], [[India]], for which he was awarded the VC:<br />
{{quote|"Of which success the skirmishers on the other side of the river were subsequently apprised by Lieutenant Butler, of the Bengal Fusiliers, who swam across the Goomtee, and, climbing the parapet, remained in that position for a considerable time, under a heavy fire of musketry, until the work was occupied."<br><br />
(Extract of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram's memorandum of operations carried on under his command at the siege of Lucknow, published in the Governor-General's Gazette Extraordinary, of the 5th April, 1858, and re-published in General Orders by the Commander-in-Chief in India, on the 27th of December, 1858.)<ref>{{London Gazette|date=6 May 1859|issue=22260|page=1867}}</ref>}}<br />
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==Further information==<br />
He later served in the [[Umbeyla Campaign]] and achieved the rank of [[major]] in the service of the [[101st Regiment of Foot]].<br />
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==The medal==<br />
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041204085907/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/surrey.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Surrey)''<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050427/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6butlr.htm Short Bio]<br />
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