John Warford Rushmore

A Boatswain with Fishing Vessel Westfield (Milford Haven), John died on 6th of July 1941 at the age of 42. 

John was born at Pakefield on 7 September 1897, a son of William Frederick and Elizabeth Ann Rushmore. He was baptised at All Saints' Church, Pakefield, on 9 October 1898. 

John attended Cunningham Infants School from 2 September 1901 and his family lived at 15 Prospect Place. By 1917 John was living at Woodbine Cottages, Pakefield Street.

John joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 15 May 1917. He was demobilized on 5 April 1919. 

In 1921 John worked as a seaman on trawler LT 1139. 

On 26 May 1928 John married Ruby Adelaide Rogers at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. John was a fisherman living at Pakefield, and Ruby lived at 8 Duke's Head Street, Lowestoft. After John's death Ruby lived at 69 Pakefield Street, Lowestoft.

John worked on the Fishing Vessel Westfield. The Westfield went missing on, or after, 6 July 1941, off Saint Govan's Head, near Lundy Island. It is thought that the vessel was sunk by enemy aircraft. 

John's brother Frederick died in 1915 in the loss of the trawler Labrador.