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Vi Butler’s husband William – known to her and his friends as Ben, after Big Ben, due to his height – was killed during the landings in Normandy, though she did not find out for sure until a year later.
Mrs Butler lived in Chiswick at the time, but now lives at Surbiton’s Royal Star and Garter home. Then, as part of the Devonshire Regiment, he was shipped out to France.
She met her husband at a dance, and they married in 1938 after an on-then-off-again courtship. They had two sons, Colin and Bruce. Private Butler was a former Kingstonian player, and passed his love of football on to Bruce.
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