RUSHTON, PERCY
Photograph with kind permission from the Uttoxeter Advertiser
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CWGC |
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Uttoxeter Advertiser |
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Parents |
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Where born |
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When born |
About 1897 |
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With his sister before the war: 82 Carter Street, Uttoxeter |
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4a |
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Uttoxeter |
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Spouse |
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Employment Before Joining up |
Worked for Mr. Freeman, of Field |
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4a |
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Where enlisted |
Lichfield, Staffordshire |
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Regiment |
Manchester |
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Formerly 38504, North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s) Regiment |
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Unit |
2nd/9th Bn. |
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Yes |
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Rank |
Private |
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4a, 4b |
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Service Number |
53334 |
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Date of Death |
28 November 1917 |
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October 1917 |
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4a |
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Age at time of death |
20 |
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4a |
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Where Killed or died |
Ypres salient – 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele) - Zonnebeke |
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Belgium |
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4a |
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France/Flanders |
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Yes |
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How he died |
Killed in Action |
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Location of Grave or Memorial |
Tyne Cot Memorial for the Missing Panel 123. |
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Before the war he lived with his sister, Mrs. Brandrick, at 82 Carter Street, Uttoxeter[4a].He died at Zonnebeke (Passchendaele) in Flanders, Belgium.
He went to Flanders in October 1917 and was killed barely a month later[4a]. Official confirmation of his death did not reach his sister, however, until February 1918[4a].
At the time of his death, five of his brothers were also serving in the Army[4a]. One of them had also been through the South African war[4a].
Percy has no known grave and his name is recorded on a panel in the Tyne Cot Memorial. The Memorial Panels run along the walls which surround the back of Tyne Cot Cemetery. |
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The Tyne Cot Cemetery and the other cemeteries in the Ypres area contain many graves of unidentified soldiers. Percy may be one of them, or he may still lie where he fell, somewhere beneath the surrounding fields |