Jul 14, 1891

Born in London, England

Nov 6, 1914

Attested into the 21^st Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario

Ø  Number 59123 (temporary number 726)

Ø  Next of kin given as Mrs. Corrington, 24 Pokes Cottage, Whitton N., Hownslow, England

Ø  Previous occupation given as Machinist

o   Later noted as Railroad Bridge Builder

Ø  No previous military experience given

Ø  Religion given as Wesleyan

Ø  Posted to “F” Company

o   This was later reorganized into “C” Company

The battalion trained in the Kingston area through the winter with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries

Feb 1, 1915

Appointed to the provisional rank of Lance Corporal

May 6, 1915

Embarked the RMS Metagama in Montreal, Quebec

May 15, 1915

Disembarked in Devonport, England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent to continue training

Jun 19, 1915

Reduced to the rank of Private for misconduct

Jun 23, 1915

Admitted to the St. Martin’s Plain Tent Hospital with a diagnosis that reads Gonorrhea

Jun 29, 1915

Transferred to the 1^st Northern General Hospital in Newcastle on Tyne

Jul 23, 1915

Discharged to duty from hospital

Jul 27, 1915

Admitted to the St. Martin’s Plain Tent Hospital to continue his Gonorrhea treatment

Aug 27, 1915

Discharged to duty from hospital

Sep 3, 1915

Forfeited 1 day’s pay for being absent

Sep 14, 1915

Embarked the St. Seiriol in Folkestone

Sep 15, 1915

Disembarked in Boulogne, France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer

Oct 15, 1915

Sentenced to 5 days Field Punishment No. 2 for being absent from the 1:45 pm parade.  The battalion was forming up in La Clytte, Belgium to proceed to the front-line trench.  It should be noted that Private Butler was 1 of 24 men absent from that parade.  In some units this would have treated as a mutiny and the punishment would have been much more severe

Feb 5, 1916

Admitted to the No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance with a diagnosis that reads Otitis Media, an ear infection

Feb 16, 1916

Discharged to duty from the field ambulance

Feb 21, 1916

Granted 9 days leave

Jun 10, 1916

Admitted to the No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance with a diagnosis that reads Gastritis

Jun 13, 1916

Transferred to the No. 2 Division Rest Station

Jun 17, 1916

Discharged to duty from the rest station

Jul 3, 1916

George Butler received a slight shrapnel wound to his head and was treated by the battalion’s Medical Officer.  The wound was not serious and he remained with the battalion

Sep 30, 1916

While the battalion was in the front line near Courcelette, France, Private Butler received shrapnel wounds to both feet.  He was evacuated to a field ambulance for first aid before being transported to a casualty clearing station for further assessment and treatment

Oct 3, 1916

Transferred to the No. 22 Canadian General Hospital in Camiers, France

Oct 8, 1916

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Cambria

On arrival in England he was admitted to the 3^rd Northern General Hospital in Sheffield

Transferred to the CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital

Oct 20, 1916

Surgery performed to remove shrapnel from his feet

Dec 21, 1916

Transferred to the Hillingdon House, Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Uxbridge

Feb 27, 1917

Discharged from the convalescent hospital and reported to the CCAC in Hastings

Mar 2, 1917

Attached to the Garrison Duty Depot in Hastings for light duties

Mar 8, 1917

Attached to the 3^rd Canadian Convalescent Depot and admitted to the St. Leonard’s Hospital

Mar 10, 1917

Posted to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) and attached to the Garrison Duty Depot in Seaford

Mar 28, 1917

Attached to the Garrison Duty Depot in St. Leonard’s on Sea

Apr 9, 1917

Attached to the No. 3 CCD (Canadian Convalescent Depot) and admitted to the St. Leonard’s Hospital

Jul 2, 1917

Discharged from hospital and returned to the Garrison Duty Depot

Jul 7, 1917

Transferred to the Canadian Discharge Depot in Buxton pending return to Canada

Aug 14, 1917

Embarked the SS Megantic in Liverpool

Aug 27, 1917

Disembarked in Quebec City, Quebec

Sep 4, 1917

Medical Board in Quebec City notes

Ø  Patient has limited movement of right foot

Ø  Tenderness in his left foot

Ø  Unable to walk any distance without pain

Ø  There are fragments of shrapnel remaining in the right foot

Ø  Board recommends time in a convalescent home

Following this medical exam, George Butler proceeded to London, Ontario

Sep 7, 1917

Admitted to the London Ontario Military Convalescent Hospital

Nov 6, 1917

Medical Board in London, Ontario agrees with comments of the Quebec Medical Board.  The board set his disability at 20% and determined it to be permanent.

The board recommended he be discharged from military service as Medically Unfit

Dec 31, 1917

Discharged from the CEF in London, Ontario

Ø  Rank on discharge Private

Ø  War Service Badge Class “A” issued

Ø  War Service Badge Class “B” issued

Ø  Proposed residence on discharge Kingston, Ontario

Following the end of the war the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at 488 Ossington Ave., Toronto, Ontario

Nov 11, 1949

George William Butler died and was buried in the Prospect Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario