Gunner
John Carruthers
Military Details
Service Number: 907175
Regiment & Unit / Ship
51st (W&Cumb. Yeomanry) Border Regiment
Service Branch
Army
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
71 Scotch Street, Whitehaven.
Service Number at Enlistment
907157
Service History
Gunner John Carruthers, R.A. (1920 - 1941) from Whitehaven, Cumberland (now Cumbria) served with the Royal Artillery during WW2. Before the war, John Carruthers had been a Territorial and took part in the 1940 Norwegian campaign. He was killed in action in the Middle East on 17 June 1941
Transfer Details
Regiment Transferred To
Border Regiment
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1st April 1920
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Address
65 Trumpet Terrace, Cleator
Residence (Census)
71 Scotch Street, Whitehaven.
Residence (Roll of Honour)
71 Scotch Street, Whitehaven.
Parents
John & Alice
Married
Florence
Education and Occupation
School
Cleator county
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
17th June 1941
Age at Death
21
Place of Death
Tobruck
Theater of Action
North Africa
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Rank at Death
Gnr.
Buried or Commemorated at
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