RUTLAND Herbert James

  • First Name(s):
    Herbert 
    James 
  • Surname:
    RUTLAND
  • Service Number:
    T172470
  • Rank:

    Driver

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Royal Army Service Corps
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    12th August 1941
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya, Grave 6. B. 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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RUTLAND Herbert James Is Named On These Memorials

Droitwich War Memorial

Further Information About RUTLAND Herbert James

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

A letter from the Reverend W.A. Trippass, St Peter, Droitwich dated 23rd May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Herbert James Rutland be added to the county roll of honour.

The following information has been researched by Peter Kennedy:
Son of Mr and Mrs A.J. Rutland, 9 Hanbury Road, Droitwich, husband of Mrs Freda Rutland of Hanbury Wharf. He was killed as a result of enemy air action in Libya, North Africa. He was an only son and had attended St Peters School. He was a member of the Dodderhill Church choir. Before the war he worked as a driver at the Hanbury Wharf brickworks. He joined the forces in 1939.

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