Formerly assistant to the Rushden Sanitary Inspector, Lance-Corporal Charles (Pete) Causebrook, who was also well-known in the locality as a swimmer and Rugby footballer, has been posted as “missing” as a result of the fighting in the Far East. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Causebrook, of 2, Gordon-street, Rushden, received the news by letter on Thursday.

Aged 22, Lance-Corpl. Causebrook joined the R.A.M.C. in October, 1939, and as a result of his former occupation became attached to a mobile bath unit. Educated at Wellingborough Grammar School, he later became a member of the Wellingborough Town Rugby Football Club, and one of the Rushden Swimming Club. Mr. and Mrs. Causebrook have one other son.