Ruston Edward Walter Major 451 Battery

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Major Ted Ruston 1 Mountain Regiment
Major Ted Ruston 1 Mountain Regiment

Name 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.
Platoon or other sub-unit
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.
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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

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