The plaque is on the back of one of the choristers stalls in the chancel.
South side, front row, third from the west end.
![Plaque to Reverend Pierce Butler](images/pierce-butler.jpg)
Portrait
![Reverend Pierce Butler](images/pierce-butler-portrait.jpg)
Portrait of Reverend Butler, 1855
From the Roger Fenton Catalogue
The Library of Congress
Rep.No. LC-USZC4-9339
BUTLER, CHAPLAIN IN
THE CRIMEA DIED
FEB 8 1868 AGE 42.
DD:WIDOW.
Further Information
"Pierce Butler, Rector of Ulcombe, served as Chaplain to the Forces in 1854-5, at Scutari and with the 2nd Division before Sebastopol; was present at the taking of Kertch. He was the first promoter of the recent and already renowned Survey of the Siniatic Peninsular; died February 8th 1868. Gentle and brave, able and lowly, calm and adventurous, holy and cheerful. Pierce Butler was honoured and beloved by all who knew him."
[From the 1873 Guide to the Church]
Pierce Butler was one of the four sons of Lieut. General The Hon. Henry Edward Butler who are commemorated on a plaque beneath the South-West window in the chancel.