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Carl Stuart Carruthers

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers

March 9, 1942
Uchelen, Netherlands

Military Service

Service Number:

R/54101

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and bar.

Additional Information

Born:

July 11, 1920
Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

June 28, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Orrin Victor Carruthers and Beulah Otta Ford of Ottawa, Ontario.

Brother of Flight Sergeant Ford Ross Carruthers, R-96134, who lost his life in action on June 6, 1942 in Duisburg, Germany, while serving with No. 12 Squadron RAF.

He had service in Canada and Great Britain. He had 620 days of service, including 339 days overseas.

Commemorated on Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

APELDOORN (UGCHELEN-HEIDEHOF) GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot 4. Grave 148.

Location:

Apeldoorn is a town in the province of Gelderland, lying about 40 kilometres east of Amersfoort and 24 kilometres north of Arnhem. Ugchelen, where the cemetery is situated, is about 5 kilometres south of Apeldoorn. The APELDOORN (UGCHELEN-HEIDEHOF) GENERAL CEMETERY is east of the village, on the road to Beekbergen. The Commonwealth plot is on the north-western side of the entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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  • Newspaper Clipping– Source: Globe and Mail November 3, 1942

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  • Memorial– The memorial tablet at Dominion Chalmers United Church in Ottawa is dedicated to the Men of the Congregation of Chalmers United Church whose lives were sacrificed in World War II.

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    Memorial – The memorial tablet at Dominion Chalmers United Church in Ottawa is dedicated to the Men of the Congregation of Chalmers United Church whose lives were sacrificed in World War II.

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