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Remembering World War II
James Ross Rutherford
U/1785
Corporal
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
January 30, 1917
Canso, Guysborough County, NS
September 22, 1941
London, England
24
London, England
Single
Motor Driver
Methodist
Lillie M. Rutherford (Mother), Halifax, NS
5 feet, 10 ½ inches
Medium
Grey
Brown
March 18, 1942
25
Brookwood Military Cemetery, England
37. G. 9.
Commemorated on page 112 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 9
James Ross Rutherford was the son of James McGregor and Lillie May Rutherford of Halifax, Nova
Scotia.
Corporal Rutherford served for two and half years with the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment of the
British Army prior to enlisting in the Canadian Army in London, England.
While serving in England, he was killed in a motorcycle accident while on active duty. The accident
occurred on Farnborough Road in Aldershot, England.
James Ross Rutherford
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