Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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James Lyall Rutherford
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: January 1915
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 161730
- Rank: Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps
- Unit/Ship: 1st Division Mechanical Transport Company
- Place of Death: Aisne, France
- Age at Death: 25
- Date of Death: 24/10/1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Vaux-Andigny British Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: C.6
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 6 Stirling Street, Dundee
- Occupation: Butcher, D. C. Rutherford, Hilltown, Dundee
- Mother:
Jessie Coutts
- Father:
Hector Rutherford
- Siblings:
D.C Rutherford, butcher
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about James Lyall Rutherford
Corporal James Lyall Rutherford was in the 1st Divisional Mechanical Transport Company when he committed suicide on the 24th October 1918 less than a month before the armistice.
James Lyall Rutherford 161730 Army Service Corps
RUTHERFORD___Died in France, October 24th, Corporal James Lyall Rutherford, aged 25 years, youngest son of the late Hector Rutherford, butcher, and Mrs Rutherford, 6 Stirling Street, Dundee.
Dundee Evening Telegraph 27th November 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Derek Robertson, and Michael Caldwell
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