In Memory Of

RUTHERFORD, JAMES DANIEL

Service Details
Age:
31
Service No:
D/MX 50572
Rank:
Petty Officer Supply
Unit:
H.M.S. Neptune
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1941-12-19
Cause of Death:
Ran into an uncharted minefield in the Mediterranean off Tripoli, and sank with the loss of 764 officers and men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 55, Column 1.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Thomas Rutherford, and of Johanna Rutherford, of Fish Hoek, Cape Province, South Africa.