In 1901, the Cuthbert family were living at Grey Bank, Strathearn Terrace (Glasgow Road), Perth: Father, James (Grocer & Aerated Water Manufacturer), b. c1850, Perth; Mother, Helen Rollo, b. c1861, Dron, Perthshire; Son, James (Butcher Shopkeeper), b. c1877, Perth; Son, William (Grocer Shopkeeper), b. c1879, Perth; Son, Henry (Manager’s Assistant, Aerated Water Manufacture), b. 17th May 1881, Perth; Son, Fredric, b. c1885; Daughter, Christina H., b. c1889, Perth; and Son, David A. R., b. c1894, Perth. Also living at this address were: Mary Carstairs (Servant), b. c1882, Kinglassie, Fifeshire; and Jeanie Gallacher (General Servant Domestic), b. c1884, Perth.

Henry Cuthbert enlisted with the Army Cyclist Corps on 1st May 1916. He was stationed at Chiseldon Camp, Wiltshire, when he was transferred, along with 354 other men, to the East Yorkshire Regiment, on 11th December 1916.

He was posted to the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, as part of the British Expeditionary Force, on 16th December 1916.

Henry Cuthbert was admitted to the Casualty Clearing Station at St. Omer, on 21st April 1917, suffering from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, almost certainly as a result of exposure to poison gas during the Battle of Arras. He was later transferred to the 7th Stationary Hospital on 11th May 1917, but sadly he died there on 12th June 1917. He was 35 years of age.

Perthshire Advertiser, 20th June 1917

“OUR OWN MEN - FURTHER SAD LOSSES - PROMISING MEN CUT OFF"

“Private Henry Cuthbert’s Sad Death."

“News is to hand of the extremely sad circumstances under which Pte. Henry Cuthbert, East Yorks, third son of ex - Lord Provost Cuthbert, Perth, has died."

"Wounded and lying in a trench, he contracted an illness which has been fatal. The horror of it is that it is darkly hinted the germ of the disease from which he died was placed there by the devilry of the Germans."

"Born in Perth, educated at the Academy, and then in business, he has spent his lifetime in the Fair City, and to his mind there was no place like it. An untiring worker, quiet and unassuming, he was liked and respected by everyone with whom he was brought into touch. Ever ready to do a good turn to a neighbour or friend without looking for any return, he was young man whose death is sincerely regretted."

"The chaplain of the forces who visited him in hospital found him under distressing circumstances quite cheerful, and said ‘he would make a good fight to combat the trouble, as he was a brave lad.’"

"Among the merchants of Perth the war is making heavy toll, and the brightest of their sons are bravely laying down their lives. It is a woeful thought this sacrifice in their youth of those who had been looked upon as Perth’s commercial and social leaders of their generation. Ex - Lord Provost Cuthbert has other two sons serving.”

Henry Cuthbert is also commemorated on the St. John’s East Parish Church War Memorial, Perth.