Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Honour Roll – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

Plaque – Major Kenneth B Carruthers was a member of the class of 1904 at the Royal Military College of Canada - Cadet number 658. He died on October 28, 1917. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada.

Grave marker – Maj Kenneth Carruthers was a member of the class of 1908 at the Royal Military College of Canada, Cadet # 658. He served with Canadian Field Artillery 5th Bde. On 28th October 1917, he was Mentioned in Despatches. He died on October 28, 1917. He was buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium, Ieper West-Vlaanderen. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. Photograph and details by volunteer/s: David Milborrow / Janis Paterson. http://www.twgpp.org/information.php?id=2197664

Stained Glass Window – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 658 Major Kenneth Burpee Carruthers (RMC 1904) was born at Kingston, Ontario on June 30th, 1885. He studied at the Royal Military College of Canada. He earned a B.Sc from McGill University in 1908. He was appointed Captain in the Canadian Field Artillery, 26th Battery. on June 2nd 1915. He transferred to the 20th Battery with the rank of Major. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He served in France during the Great War. He was wounded on May 3rd, 1917. He was killed in action at Passchendaele on October 28, 1917. His grave reference is XI. E. 7. in the Vlamertinghe New Military Cermetery in Belgium. He is commemorated on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada, and on page 213 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.

Memorial Doll – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

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Memorial – Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada

Memorial – Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston Ontario

Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 557 of 1004.