The Rushden Echo and Argus, 13^th April, 1945

Pilot Throughout The War

  The Air Force Cross has been won by Flight-Lieut. Robert Edward Butler Sargent, R.A.F., elder son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sargent, of “Pyghtles Cottage,” Pightles-terrace, Rushden.

  Flight-Lieut. Sargent is 28, and has been in the service as a pilot since the outbreak of war, having previously been a member of Sywell Flying Club.  He has flown from home bases, apart from six months in North Africa, from where he returned 18 months ago.  He is a director of Messrs. Walter Sargent and Co., Ltd., boot manufacturers, and has been associated with the Rushden and District Golf Club and Wellingborough Rugby Club.

  In 1941, shortly before he was commissioned, he married Miss Betty Ritchings, of the W.A.A.F., who now lives with their son in Yorkshire.  His brother, W. P. Sargent, of the 6^th Airborne Division R.A.M.C., was killed during the invasion of Norway last year.