Gunner James William Rutherford


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Reference WMO/283647

Address:

Bishopwearmouth Cemetery

Bishopwearmouth

Sunderland

SR4 7SU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Statue of a soldier standing with his stick on his knee and his kit bag on the floor behind him. He represents a driver in the Royal Horse Artillery in full service kit, "every detail being most carefully sculptured". He stands on top of a pedestal which bears the dedication in lead lettering on the front face.
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ERECTED/IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE/OF/GUNNER JAMES WILLIAM/RUTHERFORD/TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY/ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY/THE BELOVED SON OF/THOMAS AND MARIE/RUTHERFORD/WHO DIED AT ROUEN, AUGUST/1ST 1916 FROM THE RESULT OF/WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION/IN DELVILLE WOOD/AGED 25 YEARS./THAT BRITAIN MIGHT STAY FREE,/FULL PRICE HE PAID, A WORTHY SACRIFICE"/ALSO THE ABOVE/THOMAS RUTHERFORD/WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 12TH 1932/AGED 65 YEARS

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