Cecil George Rushton · Capt. · † 1918 · Register of names Talbot House

Personal data

Name	Rushton
Initials	C.G.
Christian name	Cecil George
Date and place of birth	Greenhithe, Kent; 17.06.1883
Address	14 Penywern Road, Earls Court, London
Profession	Works Manager
Family	Son of George Alfred and Florence Rushton (nee Hall)

Information 1: Tubby's closest friend since preparatory school (Colet Court, London)
Information 2: Member of the Royal Canoe Club. Gifted linguist.

Rank	Capt.
Regiment / Unit	214 Squadron Royal Air Force
Date of death	16/05/1918
Age	35
Cemetery / Memorial	Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Zillebeke, IV.F.21 (originally buried at Steenbrugge)

Information 1: Signed Visitors' Book on 28.03.1916. Corresponded with Tubby during the war.
Information 2: Killed in action. His Handley Page was shot down by AA fire during an attack on Bruges Docks.
Information 3: 'The Rush Light' - Bermondsey (Mark XXII) Branch. Endowed on 13.12.1924. First lit on 13.12.1924 at The Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Cecil George Rushton, Capt., 214 Squadron, R.A.F., Bruges, May 1918". The Lamp was transferred to the Denmark Hill Branch when the Mark moved. Re-lit on 09.12.1933 at The Royal Albert Hall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Information 4: In 'A Man Greatly Beloved', Tubby wrote a moving tribute to him in his 'Plain Tales from Flanders' (London, 1929).