Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. Rushton, East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action, 24 August 1918

1914-15 Star (12198 Pte G. Rushton. E. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12198 Pte. G. Rushton. E. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (George Rushton) nearly extremely fine (4) £100-140

George Rushton was born in Hull in 1894, son of Harry and Agnes Matilda Rushton, of 2, Hampden Terrace, Lockwood Street, Hull. He was a paint works labourer before enlisting at Hull on 8 September 1914 for the East Yorkshire Regiment and posted to the 7th Battalion at Wareham. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 July 1915. On 24 March 1916, he returned home to England due to sickness and spent some time in hospital with nephritis. He returned to France and was killed in action on 24 August 1918, aged 24. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial. He is also commemorated on the Hull War Memorial and the Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Hull.