Walter Hammond Buttrick was born in Ashville, North Carolina on 13 July 1882 to a British father, John Edwin Buttrick (c.1855-1925) who had been born in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. By the late 1880s Walter Hammond Buttrick had moved with his family to England and was living in Epworth, Lincolnshire.
It is not known where or with whom he trained as an architect. By 1923 he had established a practice in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire and in the late 1930s was in partnership as with his father as Buttrick & Buttrick. In the late 1950s he formed as partnership with Derek W. Brown as Buttrick & Brown.
He was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1925, and later a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA). His address was given as Bank Chambers, 109, High Street, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire in 1923 and 1926; and 43 Oswald Road, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire in 1939. He died in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire on 26 May 1961
Infirmary, Brigg, Lincs, 1915; Wesleyan Church, Ashby, Lincs, 1908; Free Library, Ashby, Lincs, 1907; British Legion Club and Institute, Scunthorpe, Lincs, 1922; Brigg R.D. Council housing scheme, 1920; Winterton U.D. Council housing scheme, 1920; Wortley Hotel, Scunthorpe, 1925; extensions to Crosby Hotel, Scunthorpe, 1920; Picture Pavilion, Ashby, 1923; Scunthorpe Parish Church Hall, 1924; shops, garages, and a quantity of domestic work. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]