Private James Henry Rushton

Army Number : 19577

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards M.M (Military Medal)

James Henry: Private 19577: 10th Battalion:  London Gazette 21.10.1916,  For gallantry and devotion to duty when in the attack on Delville Wood on the 7th and 8th August 1916.: Died of Wounds 2.12.1916 whilst serving with the 9th Battalion.

Son of William And Elizabeth Rushton, of 31, Co-Operative St., Normanton, Yorks.

Died : 2nd December 1916, aged 26.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Show initials as I. H on Headstone.

Buried/Commemorated : Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 12.