World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
Generally showing where they are commemorated, when they died and some basic facts about each person. There are gaps, however, so if you can fill in any missing details do please contact us.
David Henry Rutherford
Forename(s):
David Henry
Surname:
Rutherford
Initial(s):
D H
Service Number:
235179
Rank:
Lance-Corporal
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/4th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
21/12/1917
Aged:
22
Buried:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
N.B. The CWGC website records Rutherford's rank as 'Private' but the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.uk.co) clearly shows him to have been a Lance-Corporal.
Died of wounds received.
Background:
Son of George R. Rutherford, of 308 Welbeck Terrace, Pegswood Colliery, Morpeth, Northumberland.
Local Memorial:
Radcliffe War Memorial