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Name:

William RUTHERFORD

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

83307

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

12th/13th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Anfield Plain, Co Durham

Place of Residence:

Anfield Plain, Co Durham

Home Address:

6 Railway Street, Anfield Plain, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Friday 25th October 1918

Place of Death:

France

Battle/Campaign:

The Final Advance Picardy, France, 1918. Battle of the Selle, 17th-25th October 1918. 62nd Brigade, 21st Division, V Corps, Third Army.

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Husband of Lily Rutherford, of 6 Railway Street, Anfield Plain, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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