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William Cleaver Butcher

In memory of:

Sapper William Cleaver Butcher

March 21, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

504987

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Engineers

Division:

5th Field Coy.

Additional Information

Born:

May 20, 1888

Son of Elias George and Maggie Butcher, of Vancouver. Father and three sons served overseas.

Commemorated on Page 211 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. K. 8.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

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 729 of 926.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    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 729 of 926.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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