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{{Personnel
|id=1565
|Surname and forenames=Rutherford Joseph
|Army number=4459419
|Rank=Pte
|Age=22
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of James and Ellen Rutherford, Husband of Rosemary Rutherford, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Surname and forenames=Rutherford Joseph
 |Army number=4459419
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born 7/12/1917.
 |Age=22 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no exact Enlistment Date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests late Summer or Autumn 1939.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the BEF in France.   KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 at Ficheux.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests late Summer or Autumn 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the BEF in France.   KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 at Ficheux.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939 or shortly thereafter.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 12, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads - ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM. R.I.P.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 12, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads - ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM. R.I.P.
 |Home address=Son of James and Ellen Rutherford, lived at 7, Judson Place, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Worked as an upholsterer in a factory.  Husband of Rosemary Rutherford, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Marriage details not yet traced.
 |Image Name=Rutherford_J_4459419.JPG

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 |Army number=4459419
 |Rank=Pte
-|Date of birth=Born 1917/18.
+|Date of birth=Born 7/12/1917.
-|Age=22
+|Age=22 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.   KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no exact Enlistment Date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests late Summer or Autumn 1939.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the BEF in France.   KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 at Ficheux.
-|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
+|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939 or shortly thereafter.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 12, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads - ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM. R.I.P.
-|Home address=Son of James and Ellen Rutherford, Husband of Rosemary Rutherford, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 12, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of James and Ellen Rutherford, lived at 7, Judson Place, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Worked as an upholsterer in a factory.  Husband of Rosemary Rutherford, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Marriage details not yet traced.
 |Image Name=Rutherford_J_4459419.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte J Rutherford's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Son of James and Ellen Rutherford, Husband of Rosemary Rutherford, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 12, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of James and Ellen Rutherford, Husband of Rosemary Rutherford, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 12, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Rutherford_J_4459419.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte J Rutherford's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Army number=4459419
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=22
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No Enlistment Date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.   KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
 |Home address=Son of James and Ellen Rutherford, Husband of Rosemary Rutherford, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 12, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}