Military service
Service number:
2265305
Age:
57
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
Sig. Tr. Dep.
Birth:
July 12, 1863
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 1, 1917
Ontario
Death:
March 14, 1921
Toronto, Ontario
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
South in lot 142. Blk. 2.
Additional information
Son of Archdall and Maria Burtchaell. Jusband of Sara Burtchaell.
Digital gallery of Corporal Benjamin Burton Burtchaell
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Grave marker
Photo taken 11 May 2015. It is apparent that this is a new stone, replacing the much older one from the previous pictures, with a different inscription at the bottom of the stone also commemorating a Pte. W. Burtchaell, probably William Burtchaell, a son of Benjamin Burtchaell. -
Grave marker
Corporal Benjamin Burtchaell is buried in St. James Cemetery located in Toronto on Parliament Street. The bottom of this grave marker indicates that he died at Christie Hospital, Toronto. There is also an additional inscription at the bottom of this memorial for Pte. Benjamin Burtchaell (1900-1950). Photograph from November 2002. -
Photo 2 of Grave Marker
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Attestation Paper ( front)
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Attestation Paper ( back)
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Benjamin Burton Burtchaell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Benjamin Burton Burtchaell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Benjamin Burton Burtchaell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Benjamin Burton Burtchaell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Benjamin Burton Burtchaell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Benjamin Burton Burtchaell
TORONTO (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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