World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Robert Murray Rutherford
Forename(s):
Robert Murray
Surname:
Rutherford
Initial(s):
R M
Service Number:
27680
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 11th (Service) Battalion
Died:
30/07/1916
Aged:
22
Buried:
Etaples Military Cemetery
Service History:
Enlisted at Wooler, Northumberland.
Died of wounds received.
Background:
According to Ancestry.co.uk, born at Chalton, Hampshire this may have been a mistake given that Rutherford's parents' address & residence are known to have been Chatton, Northumberland.
Son of Robert & Margaret Ann Rutherford, of Chatton, Belford, Northumberland. Native of Chatton.
Local Memorial:
Chatton Memorial Cross, Village Green