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Son of George and Rebecca Butson, of Staffa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William George Butson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Butson
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Butson
"This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Butson
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918
published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Butson
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Butson
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen beside the Tower is that of William George Butson. After the Second World War, the names of 557 more men and women were carved in the Memorial Arch underneath the Tower. Photo: K. Parks.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Butson
Lt. William George Butson, circa 1916
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Butson
William George Butson - graduation photo from Seaforth Collegiate Institute, circa 1912.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Butson
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Butson
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Butson
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Butson
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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"This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.
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The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen beside the Tower is that of William George Butson. After the Second World War, the names of 557 more men and women were carved in the Memorial Arch underneath the Tower. Photo: K. Parks.
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Lt. William George Butson, circa 1916
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William George Butson - graduation photo from Seaforth Collegiate Institute, circa 1912.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 211 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Bruay is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 26 kilometres north-west of Arras.
Leave Bruay on the N.41 heading north towards Berck. Turn right where signposts indicate Lews/Calonne Riquart. After 400 metres turn right again, sign Cimetiere Ouest. Continue up the hill past the miner memorial. The cemetery is found after one kilometre on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is in the far right hand corner.
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