Harold – Bushby – North Eastern Railway – Private – 06/05/1918

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Title

Harold – Bushby – North Eastern Railway – Private – 06/05/1918

Initials / forenames

Harold

Surname

Bushby

Railway company

North Eastern Railway

Military unit

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 55th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

84116

Railway department

Operating Department, Carlisle

Railway job

Clerk

Date died

06/05/1918

Magazine reference

North Eastern Railway Magazine November 1918, pg 208; (Photo - North Eastern Railway Magazine November 1918, pg 211)

Memorial

Loos Memorial

Notes

Bushby joined the North Eastern Railway in 1913 at Low Row, before transferring to Lintz Green and Carlisle. It was reported that he had been killed by a bomb from an aeroplane whilst a prisoner of war at Salome in Germany.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, North Eastern Railway Magazine, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

04/04/2016

Last updated

04/04/2016

Citation

“Harold – Bushby – North Eastern Railway – Private – 06/05/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/59867.