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Military service
Service number:
863048
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
November 10, 1897
London,, England
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C.E. 1966.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Laura L. Buttivant, of West Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Edwin Buttivant
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Sons of England War Memorial
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ¿ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. -
Close up of Sons of England War Memorial
Joseph Edwin Buttivant's name is included on the SOE War Memorial. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Joseph Edwin Buttivant
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Edwin Buttivant
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Edwin Buttivant
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 378 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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