Not too long after the Falklands War ended, Butcher was kicked out of the Royal Marines following a bar fight. It was during a battle on Mount Kent that Butcher got his first taste of killing, when he wiped out a small foxhole of Argentina troops after members of his platoon were killed. Inspired by his grandfather on his mother's side, Billy entered the Marines early enough that he was a participant in the 1982 Falklands War. As the two calmed down after the incident, Billy told Lenny he planned to join the Royal Marines. One night, Billy planned to kill his father, but was stopped by Lenny. After a few years of this type of behavior, Samuel realized that Billy had taken after him and his lifestyle, something Billy had tried hard to avoid. Because of his rough life at home, Billy started acting out in school, from getting in fights to calling teachers vulgar names.
These beatings led Billy to resent his father and grow closer to his mother and her family. Raised in London's East End, the Butcher children often spent their nights listening to their father beat their mother over minor arguments of theirs. William was the son of Samuel Butcher and Carol Atkins-Butcher, and the older brother of Leonard 'Lenny' Butcher.
