When Harry Rushton was born in September 1885, in Newton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Rushton, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Cowking, was 37. He married Mary Parker in 1905, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 5 April 1946, in Newton, Yorkshire, England, at the age of 60, and was buried in Slaidburn, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.
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The 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers was active from 1908-1967. They were another volunteer unit for Britian's Territorial Army. During WWI they fought on the Western Front and during WWII they arrived in Liverpool just in time for the Liverpool Blitz.
English: habitational name from Rishton (Lancashire) and Rushton (Staffordshire), and perhaps also from Rushton (Cheshire, Northamptonshire), Rushton in East Stoke (Dorset), and Rhiston (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English risc ‘rush’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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