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Military service
Service number:
116055
Age:
32
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Cavalry Machine Gun Squadron
Division:
Cavalry M.G. Sqdn.
Birth:
September 28, 1885
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
March 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Joseph and Ellen Butler, of Castle St., Cahir, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Digitized service file.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Circumstances of Death Registers
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 799 of 926. -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022 -
Memorial
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Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Butler
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Butler
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Butler
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Butler
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Butler
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 378 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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