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Military service
Service number:
M/27053
Age:
22
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
14th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
August 8, 1921
Macleod, Alberta
Enlistment:
February 25, 1941
Macleod, Alberta
Death:
December 29, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. D. 5.
Additional information
Son of David and Elizabeth Hutton of Macleod, Alberta.
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Obituary
Obituary - RICHARD HUTTON -
Entrance
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Macleod Soldier Is Wounded<P> ------------ (From Our Own Correspondent.) MACLEOD, Jan. 12-Telegraphic word was received on Tuesday by Mrs. David Hutton of Macleod advising her of the fact that her son Lance Corp. Dick Hutton, above, had recently been wounded in action in Italy. The wire stated that further word would be sent later.<P> "Dick" raised and educated in Macleod, went overseas as a member of the 14th Calgary Army Tank Regiment just before Christmas in 1943.<P> His father David Hutton passed away a few months ago at his home here [Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada] during the absence of both sons overseas. Tpr. "Bill" Hutton, a brother to the wounded soldier, went overseas in 1941 with an armoured division from Calgary.<P> Source: The Lethbridge Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada) Jan 12, 1944 edition of the newspaper
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Hutton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Hutton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Hutton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Hutton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Hutton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 173 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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