Frank William Butler – Royal Air Force
Corporal Frank William Butler – Royal Air Force Birth and Family Background Frank William Butler was born in 1917 . He was the son of Gordon Wayness Butler and Elizabeth Richards . 1939 Register There are very few surviving official records relating to Frank Butler. However, the 1939 Register records the family residing at 1 Langland Road, Mumbles . Military Service Frank William Butler served in the Royal Air Force , holding the rank of Corporal . Death and Commemoration S.S. Almeda Star On 17 th January 1941 , Corporal Frank William Butler lost his life while travelling aboard the S.S. Almeda Star . The Almeda Star was a British passenger and cargo vessel sailing unescorted in the North Atlantic when she was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-96 approximately 35 miles north of Rockall , while en route from the United Kingdom to Trinidad . The attack took place during one of the most dangerous phases of the Battle of the Atlantic , when Allied ship...
