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Military service
Service number:
796216
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
February 3, 1884
Enlistment:
Simcoe, Ontario
Death:
May 25, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James Butler, of 5, Broomhall Rd., Pendlebury, Manchester, England; husband of Louisa Butler, of Branchton, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private James Richard Butler
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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) -
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private James Richard Butler
Digital gallery of
Private James Richard Butler
Digital gallery of
Private James Richard Butler
Digital gallery of
Private James Richard Butler
Digital gallery of
Private James Richard Butler
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 211 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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