BUTLER, Lt. Richard W., 1956-c. 1983

folder

Held at the Weston Library

Comprises:

Folder 75A:

(fols. i-ix) address card and correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project (ODRP)
(fols. 1-10) responses to aide-mémoire
(fols. 11-19) ODRP transcript of responses, with xerox copy of an article by Butler about his journey by car from Nigeria to England, from Nigerian Military Forces Magazine, Vol 1., No. 5, Oct 1959, and a list of photographs retained by him.

Folder 75B (fols. 1-66 and 1 unfoliated item) Letters written home to his parents while Butler was carrying out National Service with Royal Berkshire Regiment and at Eaton Hall Officer Cadet School and from service in Nigeria. With press cuttings and a programme of the Commissioning Service, 3 Nov 1956-24 Jun 1957.

Folder 75C (fols. 1-164) Letters written home to his parents while Butler was carrying out National Service in Nigeria, c. Aug 1957.

Dates

Creation: 1956-c. 1983

Extent

85 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1734 (75)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Lt. R.W. Butler, born in 1938. Educated at Bradfield College. National Service Commission with 1 Queens Own Nigerian Regiment, 1957.

1 Queens Own Nigerian Regiment, Kaduna, Abeokuta, Lagos, 1957-1958.