Born at Sudbury, Suffolk.
Enlisted at London on the 2nd of January 1847.
Age: 24.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Servant.
1851 Census
Pockthorpe Cavalry Barracks, Norwich
William Rush, aged 28, unmarried, Soldier, Private, born Sudbury, Suffolk.
Discharged, "by purchase", from Hounslow on the 15th of April 1857. Payment of £10.
Served 10 years 102 days.
Conduct: "good".
In possession of two Good Conduct badges.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.
Census information for 1851 kindly provided by Chris Poole.