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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ruston Edward (Ted) Walter
|Army number=140218
|Rank=Major
|Decorations=Military Cross (see Obituary for details of citation).
|Date of birth=1/8/1915 at Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.
|Age=
|Unit=Joied Royal Artillery in 1934. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 3/6/1940, 1 Mountain Regiment, Royal Artillery.
|Company/Battery=451 Battery.
|Task or role=Battery Captain.
|Joined Brigade=1942
|Promotions=Lieutenant 20/7/1940. War Substantive Captain. Major.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=30/12/2014 aged 99.
|Home address=Father seems to have been a Solicitor in Chatteris. Married Cathy Whatoff 1944. Emigrated to Australia 1994.
|Image Name=Ruston_3179850c.jpg
|Image Title=Major Ted Ruston 1 Mountain Regiment
}}

To read Major Ruston's Obituary please see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11374900/Major-Ted_Ruston-soldier-obituary.html

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 |Date of birth=1/8/1915 at Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.
 |Age=99 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined Royal Artillery in 1934.  Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 3/6/1940.  From an Emergency Commission he was commissioned as a Lieutenant 21/9/1946, but with seniority from 3/6/1940 Posted 1 Mountain Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Remained in the Army until 1958.
+|Unit=Joined Royal Artillery in 1934.  Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 3/6/1940.  Posted 1 Mountain Regiment, Royal Artillery.  From an Emergency Commission he was commissioned as a Lieutenant 21/9/1946, but with seniority from 3/6/1940.  Remained in the Army until 1958.
 |Company/Battery=451 Battery.
 |Task or role=Battery Captain.  Battery Commander from 22/5/1942.
 |Joined Brigade=1942
 |Promotions=Lieutenant 20/7/1940.  War Substantive Captain.  Captain 21/9/1946.  Major.
-|Wounded=Yes, atWalcheren, Aller, Elbe.
+|Wounded=Yes, at Walcheren, Aller, Elbe.  Date not yet confirmed.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 30/12/2014 aged 99.

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 |Joined Brigade=1942
 |Promotions=Lieutenant 20/7/1940.  War Substantive Captain.  Captain 21/9/1946.  Major.
-|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
+|Wounded=Yes, atWalcheren, Aller, Elbe.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 30/12/2014 aged 99.

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 |Decorations=Military Cross (see Obituary for details of citation).
 |Date of birth=1/8/1915 at Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.
-|Age=
+|Age=99 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Joined Royal Artillery in 1934.  Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 3/6/1940.  From an Emergency Commission he was commissioned as a Lieutenant 21/9/1946, but with seniority from 3/6/1940 Posted 1 Mountain Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Remained in the Army until 1958.
 |Company/Battery=451 Battery.
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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=30/12/2014 aged 99.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 30/12/2014 aged 99.
 |Home address=Father seems to have been a Solicitor in Chatteris.  Married Cathy Whatoff 1944.  Emigrated to Australia 1994.
 |Image Name=Ruston_3179850c.jpg
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 To read Major Ruston's Obituary please see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11374900/Major-Ted_Ruston-soldier-obituary.html