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Private ERNEST RUSHFORTH

Service Number: 4619264
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 January 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARNSLEY CEMETERY

Sec. 6. Grave 512.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Tom and Annie Rushforth, of Barnsley.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER HE WENT CHEERFULLY SMILING ALWAYS CONTENT
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Buried or commemorated at

BARNSLEY CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 135
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