Military service
Service number:
541
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Regiment)
Birth:
June 11, 1888
Enlistment:
Québec
Death:
July 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. M. 5.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Jessie Butler of London, England. Enlisted in September 1914.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Butler
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Registres de circonstances du décès
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 733 of 926. -
Pierre tombale
Private Alexander Butler, 6 April 2017, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) https://cefrg.ca
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Butler
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Butler
RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
Ribemont is in the Department of the Somme, about 8 kilometres south-west of Albert. The RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY is a little north of the village, on the west side of the road to Baizieux; and the EXTENSION is on the south-west side of the Communal Cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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