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.
First name:
BENJAMIN
Regiment:
Military Number:
1893
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/08/1918
Place died:
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
31
DINORWIC HOUSE, 71, CROMWELL ROAD, GRIMSBY, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
