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Alfred William Rush

Rank Bugler RMA
Service Number 14253
Born 27/07/1900 23 Adair Road Eastney, Portsmouth

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Portsmouth
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Royal Hospital School

Established by a Royal Charter in 1712. The school was originally located at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich and moved to East Anglia in 1933

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HMS Defence

Class Minatour class Armoured Cruiser

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Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is located on Southsea Common. There are 24,593 identified casualties listed of which 10,000 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of York (future King George VI) on 15th October 1924

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Decorations 1914-15 Star; Victory & British War medals School Royal Hospital School Wounded Died 31 May 1916 Enlistment 28/08/1914 Next of kin address Hampshire England 32 Jubilee Rd Southsea England Dorothy, Nora Arthur Mother Louisa Rush Father Arthur John Rush More info 1901 census: 23 Adair Road, Eastney, Portsmouth Date of enlistment: 28/08/1914