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Pte. P. Butterfield Dies of WoundsDeeply regret inform you 430274 Private Philip Butterfield, infantry, died of wounds at No. 4 casualty clearing house station, on May 31, from gunshot wounds in head.c.:socrlt;asinidelotnsheheThe above sad intelligence came over the wire yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. E. Butterfield of Wynndel. Pte, Butterfield, as Review readers will readily reeall, was one of the five recruits that Wynndel contributed to the 48tn Battalion, leaving here in February of 1915, for training at Victoria, and going oyerseas about a year ago now. Deceased had been in the fighting “somewhere in France” since about December and had taken the usual rounds in the trenches without mishap until- the latter part of April, when a wire came through stating he had been wounded, since which time letters have been infrequent, though nothing had ever passed to create the impression that his wounds were likely to proye fatal, all of which tended to make yesterday’s message the harder to bear.The late Pte. Butterfield was 27 years of age, a native of London, England, who, on coming to Canada, first located in the Columbia Valley, where iio until wli0K CH.T1IGon to Wynndel, where he resided with his parents - until enlisting early in 1915. While in the Old Country, and also for a time in B.C., he followed the trade of motor chaffeur.Deceased’s personal popularity and sterling worth as a citizen is too favorably known to require any elaboration at our hands. To these qualities must be added his readiness to seryebis country Jo timie, of stress and finally to make the supreme sacrifice. Greater tribute can be paid to no man than to record that he laid down his life for his friends.Words fail in £an effort to extend the genuine sympathy that to-day goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Butterfield and members of the family in their great bereavement, particularly when it is borne in mind that three other sons of this family are also at the front, and one other already previously meutioned in the casualty lists ns slightly wounded.wifieiniofwlwlt;scinlatiidireBNAAaytonoI’S-.of•o-While it is almost certain that the demise is that of Pte. Philip Butterfield, it is curious that the nmhT'er given is that of Pte. Douglas Butterfield. He was also wounded some time ago, though last word from him stated that he was out of the hospital and recuperating in a rest sanitarium somewhere in Kent.
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Creston Review
Creston, British Columbia, CA
Fri, Jun 09, 1916
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