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Leading Aircraftman RICHARD CARRUTHERS

Service Number: 619686
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

978 Balloon

Date of Death

Died 24 January 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM

6. H. 11.

Bangladesh

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ben and Annie Carruthers, of Upperbey, Carlisle; husband of Doris Carruthers.
  • Personal Inscription AS LONG AS LIFE AND MEMORY LAST WE WILL REMEMBER YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM
Bangladesh
Number of casualties: 755
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