2nd Life Guards.
The 2nd Regiment of Life Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. It was formed in 1788 by the union of the 2nd Troop of Horse Guards and 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards. In 1922, it was amalgamated with the 1st Life Guards to form the Life Guards.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 130 records of WW1 deaths for the 2nd Life Guards.
BUTLER,
Edmund W.
Major.
2nd Life Guards,
Attached to :-
8th Battalion,
Gloucestershire Regiment.
Etaples Military Cemetery,
Pas-de-Calais, France.
18-04-1918.
Age 26.
Son of John P. Butler of Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, Ireland.
Edmund W.
Major.
2nd Life Guards,
Attached to :-
8th Battalion,
Gloucestershire Regiment.
Etaples Military Cemetery,
Pas-de-Calais, France.
18-04-1918.
Age 26.
Son of John P. Butler of Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, Ireland.