Richard Butler (British Army officer)

Sir Richard Butler
Born(1870-08-28)28 August 1870
Died22 April 1935(1935-04-22) (aged 64)
Shawbury, Shropshire[1]
Buried
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankLieutenant-General
UnitDorset Regiment
Lancashire Fusiliers
CommandsWestern Command
2nd Division
III Corps
3rd Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in Despatches

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Harte Keatinge Butler, KCB, KCMG (28 August 1870 – 22 April 1935) was a British Army general during the First World War. He was chief of staff to First Army for much of 1915, then deputy chief of staff to the British Expeditionary Force from the end of 1915 to the start of 1918. For much of 1918 he commanded III Corps in the front line.

  1. ^ "A Famous General's Death – Sir R.H.K.Butler, of Shawbury". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 26 April 1935. p. 7. Both the Dictionary of National Biography and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography are erroneous in stating he died in Shrewsbury.