BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THE LATE JOHN RUSHBY (1841-1911) & MARY ANN DEVINE (1854-1914), OF 3, HOLMES STREET, HULL AND 1, HENRY’S TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). A FORMER OFFICE BOY.
HE ENLISTED AT LINCOLN. SERVED AS, PRIVATE, 7392, 20291, 242488, LINCOLN YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, 21/06/1917, AGED 20.
HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE GIVEN TO HIS HALF BROTHER, ROBERT PEOPLES, AND HALF SISTER, MARY ANN BROWN.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST CHARLES’ BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
HE IS BURIED: Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
NOTE, JOHN, JAMES, GEORGE AND FRED RUSHBY, ALL SERVING IN THE WAR, FROM 20 SWANN STREET, HULL.