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Ernest Butcher

In memory of:

Private Ernest Butcher

December 7, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

1013559

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Forestry Corps

Division:

56th Coy.

Additional Information


Born:

January 5, 1895
Port Arthur, Ontario

Son of John William and Ellen Butcher, of Cosmopolis, Washington, U.S.A.

Commemorated on Page 378 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHARMES MILITARY CEMETERY
Vosges, France

Grave Reference:

I. F. 3.

Location:

Charmes is a small town 25 kilometres north-west of Epinal and 44 kilometres south of Nancy. The CWGC cemetery is located on the east side of the town of Charmes. Charmes is best reached from the junction off the motorway N.57 - E.23. The only way to reach the cemetery is by going through the centre of the town of Charmes, crossing the Moselle river and the main railway line. The CHARMES MILITARY CEMETERY lies on the right hand side of the road in thick woodland. The road number is D.9 in the direction of Damas- aux-Bois.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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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 717 of 926.

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