Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of John James Butcher a shoe trade finisher, born 1869 in Ampthill, Beds., and his wife Mary Jane a shoe trade machinist, born 1871 in Leicester. Arthur George was born in 1893 in Leicester, he had one sibling, a sister, Harriett Eleanor, born 1892 in Leicester, also residing with the family were his paternal grandparents, William Henry Butcher, born 1844 in Wellingborough, Northants., and his wife Harriett, born 1843 in Ampthill, Beds., also his paternal uncle, Arthur Reginald Butcher, born 1873 in Market Harborough, Leics., and his cousin, Sydney Butcher, born 1897 in Leicester, in March 1901 the family home was at 13, Forest Road, Leicester. In April 1911 Arthur was employed as a shoe trade clicker and was residing in the family home at 13, Forest Road, Leicester, together with his parents, and sister Harriett, also residing with the family were his paternal grandparents William and Harriett Butcher and his paternal uncle, Arthur Butcher. The War Diary for today records. The Battn were in trenches at SOUASTRE at 8.00am C and D Coys again advanced 500 yards and occupied bombing posts at the junctions of communication trenches with the German third line on a frontage of about 1500 yards along the STEIN WEQ to the cemetery getting in touch with the DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY on our right. A and B Coys moved up in support under cover of the mist and the 4th Battn LINCOLNSHIRE REGT during the night dug a communication trench between two old front lines about 200 yards long parallel to the FONQUEVILLERS – GOMMECOURT ROAD. During the afternoon the mist lifted and the enemy opened a heavy fire on the whole of GOMMECOURT and the new communication trench, inflicting several casualties and at the same time attacked the junctions of the trenches recently occupied by us. In one or two cases causing us slightly to withdraw. During the night of the 28th/1st March the Battn regained their positions at the head of the communication trench junctions by bombing actions and held them till relieved at 7.00am by the 5th Battn LEICESTERSHIRE REGT. All ranks behaved very well during these operations and the Commanding Officer received the congratulations of the Div Commander for the work of the Battn.