BORN HULL 1894. SON OF GEORGE EDWARD RUSLING (1859-1906) & HANNAH REBECCA COWLAIN (1861-, OF 93 WALCOTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. A FISH PACKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 34.5-36 INCH CHEST, 125 LBS WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 18/11/1914. TRAINED AT BEVERLEY AND RIPON. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL TO LEFT LEG, ON 13/11/1916. REJOINED UNIT, ON 14/01/1917. WOUNDED BY GUNSHOT TO THE ABDOMEN, ON 12/04/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/04/1918, AGED 23. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 3 YEARS AND 150 DAYS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 22/04/1918. HIS BROTHER, WALTER, WYR AT SAME ADDRESS.
HIS BROTHERS, ARTHUR SERVED IN THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS, AND WALTER RUSLING, IN THE WYR.
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ALBERT RUSLING 13/469. Born September 1894, the eighth of eleven children to George and Hannah Rusling of 93 Walcott Street, Hessle Road, Hull. Albert was a Fish Monger before the war but enlisted at Hull City Hall on 18th November 1914 and became part of the newly formed 13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, known colloquially as “T’Others”. He fought in Egypt, on the Somme and during those terrible days at Oppy Wood and came through it all in one piece. As 1917 turned to 1918 the regiment was in tatters and short of manpower, so the 12th and 13th Battalions merged with the 10th and 11th and were no more. Albert became a member of D Company in the 10th. He was fatally injured during the German Spring Offensive and was evacuated to St. Omer where the Canadians and New Zealanders had a number Casualty Clearing Stations and Base Hospitals. They couldn’t save him. Albert Rusling died of wounds on 16th April 1918 and is buried at Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery; he was 23 years old.
