Henry Carruthers

Rank:

Corporal

Regimental number:

772019

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Lancashire

Birth city:

Greater Manchester, Heywood

Address at enlistment:

40 Aberdeen Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

40 Aberdeen Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Moulder

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX March 19, 1918

Returning Home

Charles Bisset, Percy Sykes, John Houison, Henry Carruthers, John Partridge, George Sutton and Thomas Tyrrell

The above list of men returning home has been received by Secretary MacDonald of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission, and the party is expected to arrive tomorrow. The usual reception by Mr. MacDonald will be tendered the men and there will be nothing special in the nature of the welcome from a civic standpoint, as it was thought at a representative meeting this morning that the relatives of the men had the first and only call on the time of the men when they first arrived home. At the meeting this morning, which was attended by Board of Trade representatives, manufacturers, ladies of the Patriotic League and representatives of other bodies, it was unanimously decided, on motion of C.G. Ellis and John S. Dowling, to give a banquet at an early date to all returned men, and that the cooperation of the Women’s Patriotic league be secured to this end. Mrs. Livingston, the president, and Miss Raymond were present and promised cooperation for the league.

Another conference will be held with the ladies when the banquet will be gone into in more detail.

The committee appointed to complete arrangements was as follows: Mayor MacBride, Mrs. Livingston, Mrs. Hurley, George Macdonald, Ald. Boddy, Ald. Harp, C.G. Ellis, George Stinchcombe, J.W. Shepperson and F.W. Thompson. There have been 366 men returned so far to Brantford and all will be included in the civic invitation to dine.

It is also proposed to hold a soldiers’ week this summer in Brantford, and the following committee was named to prosecute the matter: C. Jarvis, chairman; W. Lahey, A.G. Brown, L. Waterous. A big soldiers’ picnic is also to be arranged for, when it is hoped that a medal will be ready for distribution by the city. The idea is that of the mayor, who hopes to have a medal designed which will not be any cheap trinket, but suitable as an expression of civic gratitude and pride in the wearer.

BX May 20, 1936

Henry Carruthers

The death of Harry Carruthers, formerly of Brantford, occurred at the Christie Street Hospital, Toronto, Sunday afternoon in his 56th year, following a lengthy illness. Born in England, he came to this city 23 years ago. He was a member of the 125th Battalion. Left to mourn his loss are his widow and a daughter of Birmingham, Mich. The funeral will be conducted Tuesday from Reid and Brown’s Funeral Chapel to Mount Hope Cemetery, where interment will be made in the Soldiers’ Plot.

BX May 22, 1936

Henry Carruthers

The funeral of Henry Carruthers was conducted Tuesday afternoon from the Reid and Brown Funeral Chapel, with interment in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery. Services were in charge of rev. E.C. McCullough of Alexandra Presbyterian Church. The pallbearers were George Kenton, D. Royds, C. Clark, J. McMillan, G. Bennett and A. Petrie.