Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Barrington Rucker
In memory of:
Private Barrington Rucker
December 4, 1915
Military Service
54234
22
Army
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
18th Bn.
Additional Information
Son of 0. C. and Juanita M. Rucker, of Bedford, Virginia, U.S.A.
Commemorated on Page 35 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
VI. A. 24.
Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Circumstances of Death Registers – "Died of Wounds" (Gunshot Wound right and left Eyes and Head) at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples. Note that a news article exists in Fort William Daily Times Journal, 14 Jan 1916 titled "Fort William Doctor Takes Bullet From Brain Of Soldier Who Regains Health After Remarkable Operation" relating to Major John G. Hunt and Private Rucker. in the article Pte. Rucker survives. The following keywords are present: Great War ; World War I ; WWI ; Major John G. Hunt ; Fort William resident/doctor ; Army Medical Corps ; Preforms operation on Pte. Rucker ; 18th Battalion ; No.1 Canadian Military Hospital. -
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Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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