Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Lawrence Sylvester Butters
In memory of:
Private Lawrence Sylvester Butters
June 22, 1944
Military Service
A/37847
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Army
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.
1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Pte Butters was awarded the Good Conduct Medal on 30 October 1942.
Additional Information
January 19, 1918
St. Marys, Ontario
October 30, 1940
Stratford, Ontario
Son of John and Louisa Butters of Kirkton, Ontario. He served until 20 July 1941. He then served in the United Kingdom from 21 July 1941 until 5 June 1944 at which time his regiment moved to North West Europe on 6 June 1944, where he served until his death on June 22, 1944. He was single and listed his occupation as farmer. He was survived by two brothers, Pte John Raymond and Pte Clarence Willard Butters and two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Burnard and Mrs. Hazel Forman.
Commemorated on Page 264 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
X. H. 1.
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery is about 1 kilometre east of the village of Reviers, on the Creully-Tailleville-Ouistreham road (D.35). Reviers is a village and commune in the Department of the Calvados. It is located 15 kilometres north-west of Caen and 18 kilometres east of Bayeux and 3.5 kilometres south of Courseulles, a village on the sea coast. The village of Beny-sur-Mer is some 2 kilometres south-east of the cemetery. The bus service between Caen and Arromanches (via Reviers and Ver-sur-Mer) passes the cemetery.
It was on the coast just to the north that the 3rd Canadian Division landed on 6th June 1944; on that day, 335 officers and men of that division were killed in action or died of wounds. In this cemetery are the graves of Canadians who gave their lives in the landings in Normandy and in the earlier stages of the subsequent campaign. Canadians who died during the final stages of the fighting in Normandy are buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
There are a total of 2,048 burials in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery. There is also one special memorial erected to a soldier of the Canadian Infantry Corps who is known to have been buried in this cemetery, but the exact site of whose grave could not be located.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Cemetery – Entrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Cemetery – Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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St Marys Cenotaph -
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St Marys Town Hall Bronze Plaque -
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Grave Marker – A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
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Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery – The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
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