THE VILLAGERS OF COLLINGHAM AND LINTON WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO
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CONTACT
Rank
Service Number 1126748
Service RAF
Unit
Regiment Royal Air Force
Biography
Family background
Dennis Copeland Rutherford appears on these pages since he was registered in the 1939 National Registration in Collingham. He had been born on the 29th April 1911 in Tynemouth. In the 1939 register, Dennis is listed at The Post Office and he is listed as being of 'Private Means'. At the time this would normally signify someone who had neither followed, or was following a profession or occupation but someone who derived their income from private sources or allowances.
Service record
The name Dennis Copeland Rutherford appears on the list of Airmen and Airwomen serving with the RAF in World War 2. He is noted as having joined the RAF at RAF Padgate sometime between September 1939 and February 1940. He was given the service number 1126748. At the moment we do not have any further details of his service.
After the war
Dennis Rutherford did not return to Collingham after the war. In 1947 he was living in Todmorden, and in 1949 he married Kathleen Emma Thomas there. Dennis Copeland Rutherford died in 2004.
Biography last updated 31 July 2025 12:59:50.
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