Private Roland Roy Waugh Carruthers, 19136
- Batt - 2
- Unit - Coldstream Guards
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 1898
- Died - 27/08/1918
- Age - 20
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Alexander J. Carruthers a draper, born 1850 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leics., and his wife Annie, born 1861 in Bradford, Yorks. Roland Roy Waugh, was born in 1898 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leics., he had one sibling, a sister Phyllis E., born 1897 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leics., in March 1901 the family home was at The Firs, Tamworth Road, Ashby de la Zouch, Leics. His first Christian name was recorded at birth as Roland, however in later records he is shown as Norman.
- Conflict - World War I
- Unit - Coldstream Guards
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Vis-en-artois Mem., Pas De Calais, France
- Born - Ashby De La Zouch, Leics
- Enlisted - Bradford, Yorks
- Place of Residence - 17 Sydenham Place, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
- Memorial - GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEM., ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH, LEICS
