Private Harry Carruthers
| Date of Birth | January 1897 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 20 |
| Date of Death | 6 April 1917 |
| Service Number | 470563 |
| Military Service | 12th Battalion London Regiment (the Rangers) |
| Merton Address | St Mark's Villas, St. Marks Road, Mitcham |
| Local Memorial | St. Mark's Church, Mitcham |
Additional Information
Harry Carruthers was the son of Joseph and Margaret Carruthers, of 35, Rickergate, Carlisle. For several years before the war started he had been living with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Blackstone, in Mitcham. He worked in the Post Office Savings Bank department at Kensington and was a Patrol Leader of St. Mark's Scouts just before joining the Army. He was said to be a bright, cheerful young fellow, of more than average ability.
He volunteered for the Army before he was 18, and joined the 12th London Regiment (the Rangers). After training at the White City and elsewhere, he was sent to the front. He had only been in France three weeks when he was wounded in the shoulder and captured. From that time up to the end of 1916 he was a prisoner in the Friedrichsfeld camp.
The War Office contacted his parents in Carlisle telling them that he had died on Good Friday, 6th April, 1917, at the rear of the German lines on the Russian front, from dysentery.