Prit Buttar

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Prit Buttar
OccupationGeneral Practitioner, Historian
EducationMedicine
Alma mater Oxford University, London University
Genre History
Subject World War I, World War II
SpouseDebbie
ChildrenDan, Lottie

Prit Buttar is a British general practitioner and writer. He has written twelve history books on the eastern fronts of World War I and World War II, and two novels. Dr. Buttar was a Senior Partner at Abingdon Surgery until he moved to Scotland in late 2017. [1] [2]

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Career

Buttar studied medicine at Oxford University and London University, [3] [4] and served in the British Army as a surgeon [4] and medical officer for five years. He later worked in Bristol as a general practitioner (GP). Buttar worked as a GP in Abingdon-on-Thames from 2000 to 2017 and served on the GP's Committee of the British Medical Association. He is Chairman of the Oxfordshire Local Medical Committee. [3] [5]

Buttar's first book, Battleground Prussia, was inspired by one of his patients. The 83-year-old patient recalled stories about her life as a nurse in East Prussia and her escape from the Red Army near the end of World War II. [5] Buttar spent 8 years writing the book. [6] His second book, Between Giants, is a study of the battles for the Baltics in WWII, and explores the experiences of people from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. [5]

His third book, Collision of Empires, is a study of the Eastern Front of World War I. It is the first of a four volume series. [7] Before writing the book, Buttar spent a year studying archives in Berlin, Vienna, and Freiberg. With the help of another historian, the multi-lingual Buttar was able to translate the German archives. [8] The second book of the series, Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915, was released in 2015. [9]

In 2023, Buttar appeared on the history-centered podcast, Out of the Box with Jonathan Russo. [10]

Personal life

Buttar is of Indian descent. [11] He is married to Debbie, an army nurse. They have two children. Their daughter studied History at Cambridge University. [5] [8]

Published works

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  2. "HEALTH CRISIS: Retired GP warns of broken system that has little hope of resurrecting itself". Oxford Mail. 20 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 "3 4 Friday- it's all happening in Abingdon". Mostly Books. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Dr Prit Buttar". Clinical Options. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Ffrench, Andrew (14 June 2013). "Former army doctor's second book on history of war". The Herald. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. Wilkinson, Ben (22 September 2010). "Patient's memories inspire Abingdon GP's book on Battleground Prussia". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  7. "Collision of Empires". Allen & Unwin Book Publishers. Allen & Unwin Publishers. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  8. 1 2 "GP examines an overlooked aspect of First World War in new book". The Herald. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  9. "German Ascendant: the Eastern Front 1915". Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. "Out of the Box with Jonathan Russo".
  11. Prit Buttar [@Dienekes_] (21 May 2021). "My great uncle was with the Indian Army contingent sent to the Middle East in WW1. Wounded near Baghdad, he had to travel to Basra by mule cart as trains were reserved for white wounded. If telling the whole truth is woke, I'm woke" (Tweet) via Twitter.