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VC1049 Charles Smith Rutherford
Name Charles Smith Rutherford No.
VC Issue No. 1049 Awards VC MC MM
Regiment Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, Quebec Regiment
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth At a farm in Haldimand Township, near Colbourne, Ontario, Canada
Place Of Death Rideau Veteran's Home, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Buried/Location Ashes The Union Cemetery, Colbourne, Haldimand Township, Ontario, Canada
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 14 June 1989
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 15 November 1918
VC Presented 23 November 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, The Union Cemetery, Colbourne, Haldimand Township, Ontario, Canada
P Mount Rutherford, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
P Victoria Cross Commemoration Paving Stone, National Memorial, Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
P Victoria Cross Memorial, York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lieutenant Charles Rutherford VC Branch, Colbourne, Ontario, Canada
P Dedication Plaque, RCL Branch, Colborne, Ontario, Canada
P VC Obelisk, Military Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
By The Way…
At the time of his death, he was the last VC recipient from the First World War, aged 97 in 1989
VC Held By
Held by Family
BORN 9 January 1892
DIED 11 June 1989 AGE 97
VC Won 26 August 1918 AGE 26
Place VC Won Monchy, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
