A very interesting group mounted for display .
Civil Mbe , bwm named to lieut c r butler , Defence medal & 1937 coronation medal .
Charles rice butler was born 17th January 1885 at Shardlow In Derbyshire.
Charles served as an officer I ww1 serving in Nigeria.
On the 1937 coronation medal roll as with the education department, Nigeria.
1939 living at Burford, martello Rd, benth, Poole, Dorset working in colonial education service on leave .
Civil mbe in London gazette 12th June 1941 whist serving with colonial education service , as principal, higher college, yaba , Nigeria.
Charles died on 9th March 1954 at Salisbury hospital , Rhodesia.
His address at time of death was 507 Glen clora avenue, Highlands, sainsbury, Southern Rhodesia.
