Basic Details
Surname
Rukin
Forenames
Clement
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He worked as a music teacher and, in his spare time, both was a member of the bowling club and played the organ at Mirfield Methodists Church. He was captured on 3rd May, 1917, and died almost 3 months later of his wounds in a German hospital. He is also commemorated on IWM 2754.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Germany
Town of death
Rastatt, Baden
Country of burial
Germany
Town of burial
Kassel
Cemetery
Niederzwehren
Year of death
1917
Month of death
July
Day of death
24
Age at death
39
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds