Army Number: 2722126 Rank: Guardsman Name: J CARRUTHERS Unit: 1 Company, 1 Irish Guards Theatre: Italy Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file TNA Reference: WO 361/784 Notes: Date of Payment 14 January 1944, 400 Local Currency ; Date of Payment 8 February 1944, 74 Lire, Local Currency ; Missing 4 February 1944
Casualty Guardsman CARRUTHERS, JOHN Service Number 2722126 Died 01/10/1944 Aged 24 3rd Bn. Irish Guards Son of John and Janet Carruthers, of Bootle, Lancashire. INSCRIPTION: KIND, UNSELFISH, HONEST AND TRUE, JOHN, THAT'S OUR LOVELIEST MEMORY OF YOU Buried at ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY Location: Gelderland, Netherlands Cemetery/memorial reference: 11. C. 13.