Major General Donald Clunes Butterworth DSO (3 February 1895 – 2 March 1983) was a senior British Army officer.
Butterworth was commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment on 23 February 1915 during the First World War.
[1][2][3] As commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion the North Staffordshire Regiment, Butterworth was sent to France shortly after the outbreak of war in September 1939 as part of the British Expeditionary Force and was involved in the battles of France and Belgium before eventually being evacuated from Dunkirk on 1 June 1940.
[4] He was appointed a companion of the Distinguished Service Order in recognition of his role in this action.
[6][3] After that he was deployed to Italy to become General Officer Commanding 78th Infantry Division in August 1944 and saw action fighting around the Gothic Line before handing over command in October 1944 and retiring in June 1948.