Stanley Vinson RUST was born
on the 28th Jan 1889 in St. John's Wood, London. He was baptised
on the 26th May 1889 in St. Mary Kilburn. He was the son of
Richard Rust, a copper plate engraver, and Sarah Elizabeth (nee
Vinson). In the 1911 census Stanley was recorded as an
apprentice copper plate engraver.
He served in
India & Mesopotamia.
Bio by
Cassandra Rust, his granddaughter :-
Stanley was
born in in 1889 to Richard and Sarah Rust, his mother died in
1898 and an aunt moved in to help bring him and his brother up.
In his mid teens he was sent up to Hull to be apprenticed in the
firm Barnby & Rust (joint owned by a relative), that didn't suit
him, so he came back to London and became an apprentice engraver
of copper and steel plate. According to the front page of his
diary he joined the Cyclist Battalion in 1908, left in 1912,
rejoining in 1914.
After the war he returned and by 1928
lived in Cheam, Surrey, and did go on to have a successful
career in engraving, including working on one of the Pound
Notes.
In 1924 he married Ellen known as Nellie, and had sons
Richard (1925-2015) and Derek (1930-2019).
During the second
world war he served as an air raid warden.
He continued
his love of cycling through his live, only stopping around the
age of 85!
He died in 1979, at home, 25 Tabor Gardens in
Cheam - a house whose number was pleasingly significant to him .
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Stanley's photo
album of India & Mesopotamia
Diary transcription
Original diary notes
Photos & notes courtesy of Cassandra Rust, granddaughter of
Stanley. |
