Military service
Burial/memorial information
A founding soldier of the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he arrived in Liverpool, England on 29 May 1915. He landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on 15 September. On 12 May 1916, he was in the front line. He was killed in action at Mont-Sorrel during the Battle of Zillebeke-Mont-Sorrel in the Ypres Salient, Belgium.
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private James Edward Butler
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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 755 of 926. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private James Edward Butler
Digital gallery of
Private James Edward Butler
Digital gallery of
Private James Edward Butler
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 62 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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