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Lieutenant Thomas Frederick Carruthers

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1889-08-04
Place of birth: Reigate
Next of kin: Thomas Carruthers (father,) Haliburton, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Marine Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Other Mechanical Engineers
Address: 159 Demard Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Religion: Other - See Notes
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Lieutenant (78th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Lieutenant, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge. In vicinity of SOUCHEZ

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1566153
LAC ID: 90220
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B1530-S057
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Thomas and Annette Wood Carruthers; husband of Annie May Carruthers. Served in "B" Company at Vimy Ridge,

Previously served with the 100th Grenadiers (Winnipeg) and 4 years as pte. (private) with the A & S Highlanders in Scotland

Uploader's Research notes:

Religion was Episcopalian

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database

[Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 100th Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-06-12