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GEORGE JOSEPH CARRUTHERS
BORN GIBRALTA, 1900. SECOND SON OF 2/LT, GEORGE CRANSTON CARRUTHERS (1871-1954) & MARIA WALSH (1875-1934), OF 37, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 151, PLANE STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 53, SANER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
HIS FATHER WAS AN ARMY PENSIONER AND MERCHANT CLERK FOR A PETROLEUM IMPORTER. HE HAD SERVED 21 YEARS WITH THE ROYAL FUSILERS AND WAS TIME EXPIRED. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH HULL PALS, ON 13/10/1914. BUT AT OVER 46 YEARS OLD WAS DISCHARGED IN 1915 AS UNABLE TO TAKE THE STRAIN OF MILITARY DUTIES. HE RE-ENLISTED AND LATER SERVED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT, 87TH LABOUR CORPS, LIVING AT 151, PLANE STREET, HULL.
GEORGE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CLERK BY HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 34-36.5 INCH CHEST, 112 LBS WEIGHT, BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES, POOR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION, UNMARRIED. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, PETER JOHN AND THOMAS AND ONE SISTER, ELIZABETH
HE ENLISTED ON 7/8/1917, AGED 17. MOBILIZED ON 31/12/1917. TRAINED WITH THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS AND 7TH MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 14/8/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 08/10/1918, AGED 18. HE HAD SERVED AT THE FRONT FOR ONLY 56 DAYS.
HE IS BURIED AT ST. VENANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
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