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Private JOHN RUSHTON

Service Number: 11930
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON

II. B. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Sarah Rushton, of 3, Hill Top, Snedshill, Wellington, Salop.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY HIS COUNTRY CALLED AND HE NOBLY ANSWERED

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Buried or commemorated at

STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON
Somme France
Number of casualties: 523
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