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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 7.
Additional information
Son of Admiral Sir Alexander Buller, G.C.B., and Lady Emily Buller, Erle Hall, Plympton, South Devon, England.
Commemorated on the Royal Ottawa Golf Club War Memorial, The East Window and at Buller Mountain.
Additional citations
Distinguished Service Order, London Gazette No. 29202 dated 23 June 1915; Mentioned in despatches, London Gazette No. 29200 dated 22 June 1915; Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 29623 dated 15 June 1916.
Digital gallery of Major Herbert Cecil Buller
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Memorial
Former members of The Royal Ottawa Golf Club, Aylmer, Quebec are commemorated on a plaque in the entrance to the club. -
Memorial
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Left: Lieut. Col. Farquhar, Commanding Officer of the PPCLI, who was killed March 21, 1915 Right: Lieut. Col. Buller, who succeeded Farquhar as C/O. Photo courtesy of Wilf Scholfield, England. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Group photo
Photograph of then Capt. Buller with Lieut. Col. F. D. Farquhar, D.S.O., officer commanding the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Capt. Buller was promoted to commanding officer upon the death of Lt. Col. Farquhar. Source: Canada in the Great War, Vol. II, Days of Preparation. United Publishers of Canada Limited, Toronto. View online at www.archives.org The camp flag, shown in the photo, was the famous Ric-a-Dam-Do that was designed and sewn by Princess Patricia and blessed on the altar at St Bartholomew's before the Princess presented it to the PPCLI at Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, on 23 August 1914. -
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London Free Press According to this article, Col. Buller was buried in the same grave as his former commanding officer, Col. Farquhar. -
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The Calgary Herald June 5, 1916 The official list dated June 5, 1916 gives the name of Lieut. Col. Buller along with 12 other officers killed, 58 wounded and 27 missing in the battle between Ypres and Hooge on June 2nd and 3rd. -
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newspaper clipping The Calgary Herald June 5, 1916 Headlines: "Fearful Death Toll Among Canadian Officers at the Ypres Front is Reported" "The Flag is Flying at Half-Mast The flag is flying at half-mast at Rideau Hall for Lieut. Col. Buller of the Princess Patricia's. He was an aide at Rideau Hall when the war broke out and joined the Princess Patricia's in Ottawa as adjutant. On the death of Col. Farquhar early in the war, he was promoted to commander. He was severely wounded in one of the great stands made by his famous regiment but later recovered and returned to his battalion." -
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Ottawa Journal (June 9, 1916) -
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Ottawa Journal (June 10, 1916)
Digital gallery of
Major Herbert Cecil Buller
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Major Herbert Cecil Buller
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Major Herbert Cecil Buller
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Major Herbert Cecil Buller
Digital gallery of
Major Herbert Cecil Buller
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Major Herbert Cecil Buller
Digital gallery of
Major Herbert Cecil Buller
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Major Herbert Cecil Buller
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Major Herbert Cecil Buller
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 61 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3 Belgium
Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3 is located 4 kilometres south-west of Ieper town centre on the Ruusschaartstraat, a road leading from the Kemmelseweg (Connecting Ieper to Kemmel N331). From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 metres after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg (made prominent by a railway level crossing). Turn right onto the Kemmelseweg and follow this road to the first crossroads, turn left here into Ruusschaartstraat. The Cemetery is located 1 kilometre after this junction on the left hand side of the road just before Voormezeele Dorp.
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