See also

Family of Richard John Slack Rust and Miriam Jean Stewart

  • Husband:

  • Richard John Slack Rust (1914-1940)

  • Wife:

  • Miriam Jean Stewart (1921-1975)

  • Children:

  • Michael John Rust (1941-2016)

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1940

  • Kensington "Registration District", London, England1

Husband: Richard John Slack Rust

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Richard John Slack Rust

  • Name:

  • Richard John Slack Rust2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Philip John Rust (1882-1969)

  • Mother:

  • Phyllis Mary Taylor (1886-1947)

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1914

  • Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England2,3

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 7 yrs 5 mns)

  • St. Cyprians, Summerdown Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England3

  •  

  • a private boarder attending school, born in Bishops Stortford

  • Military Service:

  •  

  • British Army Royal Fusiliers then the Royal Air Force as Flight Lieutenent no:251334

  •  

  • being awarded the Sword of Honour at the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1933

  • Death:

  • 16 Dec 1940 (age 26)

  • Broadwindsor, Dorset, England4,5

  •  

  • Cause: when his Lysander III R9015 of 16 Squadron based at Weston Zoyland Somerset dived onto the ground probably after control was lost in cloud

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Bishop's Stortford Old Cemetery, Hertfordshire, England4

  •  

  • Flight Lieutenant no:25133 16 Squadron Royal Air Force died 16th December 1940, son of Philip John and Phyllis Mary Rust of Bishop's Stortford; husband of Miriam Jean Rust of Bishop's Stortford. Awarded Sword of Honour at the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1933

  • Medals:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

Wife: Miriam Jean Stewart

  • Name:

  • Miriam Jean Stewart1,6,7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Mimi

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 26 Mar 1921

  • 8 Edinburgh Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England7,8,9

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 3 mns)

  • 8 Edinburgh Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England9

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents William and Mary, brothers Donald and Duncan, and sisters Mary and Clara. Born in Hanwell Middlesex

  • Emigration:

  • 11 Mar 1946 (age 24)

  • from Southampton, Hampshire, England to New York, New York, USA10

  •  

  • travelling on the Queen Mary with her sons Michael J Rust and Donald S Burk, of The Doodle Oak Hatfield Broad Oak near Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire. Dependents of 1st Lieutenant Walter Burk US Army of 2415 20th Street Washington D.C.

  • Death:

  • 9 Nov 1975 (age 54)

  • Canton, Stark, Ohio, USA

Child 1: Michael John Rust

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Son: Michael John Rust

  • Name:

  • Michael John Rust11

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Sharon Lee Porske (1942-1966)

  • Birth:

  • 12 May 1941

  • 66 Warwick Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England11,12

  •  

  • to Mimi (nee Stewart), wife of Flight Lt. R J Rust (killed on active service 16th December 1940)

  • Emigration:

  • 11 Mar 1946 (age 24)

  • from Southampton, Hampshire, England to New York, New York, USA10

  •  

  • travelling on the Queen Mary with his mother Miriam J Burk and half-brother Donald S Burk, of The Doodle Oak Hatfield Broad Oak near Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire. Dependents of 1st Lieutenant Walter Burk US Army of 2415 20th Street Washington D.C.

  • Death:

  • 1 Mar 2016 (age 74)

  • Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA8

Note on Wife: Miriam Jean Stewart

Following Richard's death Miriam married 1st Lieutenant Walter S Burk US Army in Wantage registration district in the first quarter of 19446,10

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Kensington 1940 quarter:2 volume:1a page:519. Cit. Date: 29 April 2024.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bishop Stortford 1914 quarter:1 volume:3a page:1429. Cit. Date: 28 April 2024.

3.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:4733 registration district:71 sub-district:2 enumeration district:35. Cit. Date: 28 April 2024.

4.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Bishop's Stortford Old Cemetery section:D.7 grave: 14. Cit. Date: 28 April 2024.

5.

FindMyPast Airmen Died In The Second World War, 1939-1946, (on-line at www.findmypast.com). Cit. Date: 29 April 2024.

6.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Wantage 1944 quarter:1 volume:2c page:758. Cit. Date: 29 April 2024.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Brentford 1921 quarter:2 volume:3a page:243. Cit. Date: 29 April 2024.

8.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). JRust by jnr24. Cit. Date: 29 April 2024.

9.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:6252 registration district:128 sub-district:3 enumeration district:6 schedule:229. Cit. Date: 29 April 2024.

10.

FindMyPast Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Southampton Queen Mary 11th March 1946 page:8 entry:42. Cit. Date: 29 April 2024.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bishops Stortford 1941 quarter:2 volume:3a page:1724. Cit. Date: 29 April 2024.

12.

Newspaper item not in an archive. Ancestry England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976. Cit. Date: 29 April 2024. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.