Responsibilities of the Department of Defence were given as all matters in relation to defence, including local defence and Volunteer Forces, Militia, Cadet Corps, Rifle Associations and Clubs. Before 1 July 1912, matters pertaining to defence were dealt with by a small section of the Department ...
A village there, then called Rothersfurth, was burnt and razed by an English army in 1545 and has disappeared from the map. The origin of the Rutherford name is thought to have been the Old English hryther meaning “cattle” and ford,“a river crossing.” Rutherford Surname Resources on...