Lt
Alexander Herbert Rutledge
Information about birth
Date of birth: 19/04/1893 |
Place of birth: Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Army information
Country: Canada |
Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Lieutenant |
Service number: / |
Units: — Canadian Machine Gun Corps, 12th Coy. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 26/10/1917 |
Age: 24 |
Cemetery
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery Plot: 1 Row: I Grave: 34 |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
#1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8570 - 14). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
War diaries: 12th Canadian Machine Gun Company, (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4984, Microfilm reel number: T-10815, File number: 612). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/99628 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=dc91af79-be1f-4f1b-9999-fbcd887d95f5 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6083728 |
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/99628 |