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Military service
Service number:
706476
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
April 21, 1897
Hartlepool, England
Enlistment:
January 3, 1916
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. B. 12.
Additional information
Son of James Henry and Sarah Butts, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Additional citations
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Frank Butts
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 851 of 926.
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of April 27, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y119uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Butts
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Butts
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Butts
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
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