Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Rushton, of 49, Gower Street, Walkden, Lancashire. An old boy of Farnworth Grammar School. Formerly a teacher at Seedley Council School. Enlisted January 1916. Posted missing and subsequently presumed killed.
Rushton, Granville –
Personal details
- Surname: Rushton
- Forename: Granville
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Walkden, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Walkden, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 23
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: October 7th, 1916
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 10234
- Regiment: Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Farnworth Grammar School WWI Memorial
- Walkden Wesleyan Church - Walkden
- CWGC Memorial: Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: XVIII. E. 17.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 28/12/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: S19*
- Bolton Chronicle: 03/11/1916
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 23/08/1918 13/12/1918 27/12/1918