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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
June 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. A. 39.
Additional information
Son of Henry H. and Annie Botterell, of Woodroffe, Ontario. Brother of Henry John Lawrence Botterell, a Canadian fighter pilot who served in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and then in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the First World War. When he died at the age of 106, Veterans' Affairs Canada believed he had been the last surviving pilot in the world to have seen action in the Great War.
Digital gallery of Captain Edward Simpson Botterell
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 129 of 934 -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave Marker
Grave of Captain ES Botterell, 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), Lijssenthoek British Military Cemetery, Belgium. Dileas Gu Brath. Photo BGen G Young, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team -
Photo of Edward Simpson Botterell
Captain Edward Simpson Botterell, 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada).<P> Entered by BGen G Young, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team on behalf of Mr Edward Botterell of Mississauga, Ontario, nephew of Captain Botterell. -
Photo of Edward Simpson Botterell
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15th Bn Cap Badge
Photo by BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.<P> DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Original Grave Marker
Original grave marker of Capt E.S.Botterell 1916 in Lijssenthoek British Cemetery. Photo from the archives of the Regimental Museum of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, Toronto, ON Submitted by BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Grave marker
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Grave Marker
Period photograph taken at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium showing the graves of MGen M. Mercer and Capt ES Botterell, 15th Battalion.<P> Source: LAC and submitted by BGen Young, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team 7 Sept 2013. -
Document
Part 2 order dated 30 June 1916 stating Lt. E.S. Botterell as killed in action. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Simpson Botterell
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Simpson Botterell
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Simpson Botterell
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Simpson Botterell
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Simpson Botterell
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Simpson Botterell
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Simpson Botterell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 56 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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