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 Death Announcements 1845-1854
| Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Butler | | | First names | James Armar | | | Rank / occupation | Captain |  | Unit | Ceylon Rifle Regiment | | | Death date | 20 June 1854 | | | Place of death | Turkey  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Sept 1854 | | | Page number | 304 | | | Detail | [Pages 304-305. At Silistria, in Turkey, aged 27, Captain on half pay in the Ceylon regiment. 4th son of Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Henry Edward Butler by his first wife Jane, dau. of Clotworthy Gowan, esq. ""Captain Butler, in company with Lieut. Charles Nasmyth, an officer of the Bombay artillery, arrived during the winter at Chumla, the Turkish head-quarters, and, being at Silistria at the time the Russians commenced their attack upon that town, they determined to remain, in order to render their assistance during the approaching struggle. In the words of Omar Pasha, 'their example and counsel powerfully contributed to the preservation of the forts attacked' "". Was wounded 13 June, died two hours before the retreat of the Russians was discovered. Eulogy in the Times, letter by Hardinge to his father, Lieut.-Gen. Butler, is quoted] |
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