RUXTON, Anthony Fane
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Known as:
Buck
Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Ulster Rifles 2nd Bn
Service:
Army
Number:
95530
Honours & Awards:
Died :
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Captain Anthony Ruxton, M.C., died during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). Son of Charles Harcourt Vernon Ruxton and of Phyllis Maitland Ruxton (nee Wood), of Waterrow, Somerset. Captain Ruxton had earlier been awarded the Military Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished service at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
London Gazette 35729, page 4328.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
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