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I have been tracing my family tree for a long time and i keep hitting brick walls, as i would think most people do!

One that i would like to try and undo is “What happened to Robert Butler”!

 Robert Butler was born in December 1910 to Alice and Abraham Butler who at that time were living in Rippleson Road in Plumstead. By 1918 both parents had died leaving Robert and his two brothers and one sister without parents.

Louie (1903-1927?) went and lived with Alice’s sister Lucy as did Sidney(1907-1981) my grandfather. Leonard(1909-1974) went to a boys home of which i have copies of all his records. But what happened to Robert. My Grandfather never mentioned him, my father and his brother did not know he exsisted, he seems to have disappeared. Any suggestions are most welcome. Have tried childrens homes, hospitals am now working through school records to try and find out what happened to him in 1918.

His Grand Daughter contacted me in 2005 and all she could tell me was he married Doris in 1935 they had one daughter, Robert left before she was 10 only to return in 1954 for a divorce, he was then talking of remarrying and/or going to Australia.

My great grandfather Abraham Butler (1881-1918) is in the second row first on the left, he was killed in action on 11 May 1918. The picture was taken in 1916 and posted to his brother Charles. I would be interested in the names of any other people in the photo and also why some men have a white band on their left shoulder.