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\"Rudolph<\/a>\"Rudolph<\/p>\n

Rudolph Muscat
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Rank:<\/em> Corporal<\/p>\n

Regiment:<\/em>\u00a0Army Service Corps \/ Lancashire Fusiliers<\/p>\n

Father:<\/em>\u00a0Otto Muscat<\/p>\n

Brother:<\/em> Paul Emil Muscat<\/a><\/p>\n

Address:\u00a0<\/em>Hastings<\/p>\n

Other Info:<\/em>\u00a0Formerly of Hastings Pier Orchestra. Killed in action.<\/p>\n

Rudolph was born 1888\u00a0the eldest son of Otto Muscat and Elsa Bitsch. He married Ethel Clifford in Farnham, Hampshire in 1912 and joined the army in August 1914. He served first in the Royal Army Service Corps and later transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers. In 1915 Ethel had given birth to a son, Clifford Rudolph, but sadly the child died within month. Rudolph was killed on 22nd October 1917.<\/p>\n

Rudolph Muscat, Lance Corporal 46543. Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion. Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various action on the Western Front including in 1916: The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The fighting for Arrow Head Copse, Maltz Horn Farm and Falfemont Farm. In 1917: The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the fighting in Houthulst Forest and the Second Battle of Passchendaele.<\/p>\n

Rudolph was killed in action on 22nd October 1917, during the fighting in France and Flanders, Western Europe. His body was buried on the battlefield and marked with a small wooden cross. In 1920 his burial place was found and his body was transferred to the official War Grave site in the Cement House War Graves Cemetery at Langemark \u2013 Poelkapelle. Belgium.<\/p>\n

Rudolph was posthumously awarded the British War Medal, the British Star and the Victory Medal [These medals have not survived in the family, but may have been given to his widow].<\/p>\n

According to CWGC, Rudolph is buried in Cement House Cemetery<\/a>, Langemark, grave reference XIII.D.45.<\/p>\n

With thanks to Jo Coulson for this information<\/p>\n

Published: <\/em>January 1915 & January 1918<\/p>\n

Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rudolph Muscat Rank: Corporal Regiment:\u00a0Army Service Corps \/ Lancashire Fusiliers Father:\u00a0Otto Muscat Brother: Paul Emil Muscat Address:\u00a0Hastings Other Info:\u00a0Formerly of Hastings Pier Orchestra. Killed in action. Rudolph was born 1888\u00a0the eldest son of Otto Muscat and Elsa Bitsch. He married Ethel Clifford in Farnham, Hampshire in 1912 and joined the army in August 1914. He<\/p>\n

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