CARRUTHERS, William, J.
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Known as:
Bill
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Corps of Signals
Service:
Army
Service Number:
2383616
Signalman William Carruthers, 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signal Troop, was wounded during operations in North West Europe. Attached to No.6 Commando for the North Africa landings. Final commando rank Lance Corporal. Attended the 1952 unveiling of the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge. Member of the Commando Association from Dundee.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/76.
Commando Association newsletters 16 (1953) and 91 (1990) (shows final rank attained as Lance Corporal).
[Image] Dundee Courier and Advertsier, 26 Sept. 1952 page 5.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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