Service Details
Name:
 RUXTON
Given Name:
 WILLIAM RALPH
Initials:
 W R
Service No:
 9194
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse)
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Unit:
 "B" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1914-11-25
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a skirmish with rebel forces at Rooi Vlei
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles and Laura Ruxton, of Florida, Transvaal, South Africa. Grandson of Mrs. Daisy Cocking, of "The Mount", Little London, Ardingly. Educated at Ardingly College, Haileybury and London University
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 ROOIDAM FARM CEMETERY, UPINGTON
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