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BENJAMIN RUSHFORTH
North East Lincolnshire DN31 2BH
England
BORN HULL. SECOND SON OF BENJAMIN RUSHFORTH (1862-1933) AND MARY KEYWORTH (1862-1924), OF DINORWIC HOUSE, 71, CROMWELL ROAD, GRIMSBY. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. SON OF A SLATE MERCHANT MANAGER. HE WORKED AS A SLATER APPRENTICE.
ENLISTED GRIMSBY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1893, 2ND LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/08/1918, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO BOTH PARENTS. HE LEFT £220 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIS EN ARTOIS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
Haucourt 62156
Hauts-de-France
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