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Military service
Service number:
466215
Age:
42
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
January 6, 1875
Wellington, Salop, England
Enlistment:
July 2, 1915
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Martha Buttrey, of Shropshire, England. Husband of Mary Buttrey, of Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Digitized service file.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Photo of John Buttrey
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War Memorial
Medicine Hat War Memorial<BR> Medicine Hat, Alberta -
War Memorial
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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 849 of 926. -
Memorial
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) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private John Buttrey
Digital gallery of
Private John Buttrey
Digital gallery of
Private John Buttrey
Digital gallery of
Private John Buttrey
Digital gallery of
Private John Buttrey
Digital gallery of
Private John Buttrey
Digital gallery of
Private John Buttrey
Digital gallery of
Private John Buttrey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 211 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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