Name
William Walter Rushforth
1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/11/1917
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
17115
Suffolk Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Panel 4.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Bishops Stortford Town Memorial,
Pre War
William
Walter Rushforth was born in 1890 at Little Walden, Saffron Walden, Essex, the only son of Walter Henry and Eliza Rushforth, and baptised at Saffron Walden on 29 June
1890. On the 1911 Census he was living with his family at Ravenstock Green,
Saffron Walden and working as a Cowman.
Wartime Service
He enlisted at Saffron Walden, Essex and served in France from 4 October 1915 with the Suffolk Regiment. He was killed during the Battle of
Cambrai, but his body was not recovered for burial.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £14 and pay owing of £26 6s 2d. She also received a pension of 5 shillings a week from 6 November 1918.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
