1897 Born at Titchfield Common, Hants.
1920 Joins the RIC on roll
1921 May 26. Shot and killed while with RIC, which implies he was a Black & Tan and therefore not entitled to CWGC recognition. However he has been accorded CWGC recognition and it says " attd. Royal Irish Constabulary". Son of Harry and Elizabeth Budd, of "Lavington," Lock's Rd., Sarisbury, Southampton. Served in France, 1916-1918.
Budd was cycling from Ennis to Kildysart Barracks in County Clare with a Constable Irvine. They were returning from leave and were in civilian clothes and un-armed. As the two men neared the village of Cooga six armed men fired a volley of shots at them, Constable Budd was hit by a shotgun blast through the left temple and died instantly. The other man escaped across the fields, pursued by his attackers for two miles until he got to the barracksBuried Fareham (St Pauls Sarisbury) Burial Ground