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Pte John Aaron
British Army 2nd Btn South Lancashire
from:Haydock
(d.13th Apr 1918)
Carpenters Crew Alfred Francis Abbey
Royal Navy H.M.S. Hazard
(d.28 Jan 1918)
Alfred Abbey served in H.M.S. Hazard Remembered at . WW1
Pte. Arthur Abbey
British Army 7th Btn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
(d.21st Jul 1917)
Pte. Charles Abbey
British Army 4th Battalion Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
from:Ealing, Middlesex
(d.12th Oct 1918)
Pte. Jack Abbey
British Army 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Northampton
(d.9th May 1915)
Pte. Reginald Ernest Abbey
British Army 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Hertford
(d.15th Nov 1918)
Petty Officer Stoker Alfred Ernest Abbinnett
Royal Navy H.M.S. Shark.
(d.31 May 1916)
Alfred Abbinnett served in H.M.S. Shark. Remembered at . WW1
Able Seaman Abbott
Royal Navy H.M.S. Centaur
(d.18 Jul 1919)
Abbott served in H.M.S. Centaur Remembered at . WW1
Pte. Albert Fordham Abbott
British Army 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:East End, Bluntisham.
(d.4th Sep 1916)
Able Seaman Albert Abbott
Royal Navy H.M.S. Hawke.
(d.15 Oct 1914)
Albert Abbott served in H.M.S. Hawke. Remembered at . WW1
Pte. Arthur John Abbott
British Army 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Little Raveley, Huntingdonshire.
(d.28th Aug 1916)
Signaller Arthur Randolphus Abbott
Royal Navy H.M.S. Pembroke
(d.17 Oct 191)
Arthur Abbott served in H.M.S. Pembroke Remembered at . WW1
Pte. Broughton Abbott
British Army 1st and 3rd Bt. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Nelson, Lancashire
(d.26th July 1917)
My Great Uncle Broughton Abbott landed at Gallipoli with the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, he was wounded in the legs and eventually sent back to England for recuperation with the 3rd Battalion.
He later rejoined the 1st Battalion in France/Flanders where he was once again wounded very badly in the legs, after having one leg amputated he finally succumbed to his wounds and died in the hospital in Calais and is buried in the Calais cemetery.
Able Sea. Cecil Charles Henry Abbott
Royal Navy
2nd Lt. Charles Abbott MC.
British Army 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment
'Cousin Charlie' was actually a first Cousin of my father, Leonard Baker, they were very close, Dad also served in WW1. Cousin Charlie began as a private, Pte. C B M Abbott, 5321 No 1 Company, 2nd Battalion H A. I don't know when he became an officer but I know he received the Military Cross after some appalling carnage in the trenches he was one of some half dozen survivors, a VC and an MC was awarded and the survivors were told to draw lots for who got what. He later moved to South Africa and became an MP in Cape Town for General Smuts party, I have a letter he wrote back home after he had returned to Cape Town just as WW2 began, he tells us he took cine film of the Glorious a day or so before it was sunk and that the Union Castle liner he was on was later torpedoed. He visited us after the war, and retired to Sandwich, Kent where he died around 1969. He had one child, a son Norman who ran a shop in East Anglia, if still alive he would be in his 70s.
Edgar Abbott
British Army 5th (Cyclist) Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Beverley, Yorkshire
Edgar Abbott was born on 3rd August 1891, had been a ship's carpenter and lived at 168 Grovehill Road, Beverley between 1948-1973, possibly longer. In 1908, he enlisted in the British Army and was discharged on demobilisation on 6th February. 1919. At this time, he was in the 5th Cyclist Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment. His wartime duties were East Coast coastal watch but he later fought in France.
In 1943, during the Second World War, Edgar was a Civil Defence Warden for the Borough of Beverley. His son, Edgar Thomas Abbott, served in the Royal Air Force in World War 2.
Lt. Edward John White Abbott
British Army 4th Btn. attd. 2nd Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.17th May 1915)
L/Sjt. Edwin Abbott
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.21st Feb 1915)
Pte. Francis Arthur Abbott
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
from:Hornseywood, Penrith, New South Wales
(d.31st Aug 1918)
Lieutenant Frank Maclean Abbott
Royal Navy H.M.S. Surprise.
(d.23 Dec 1917)
Frank Abbott served in H.M.S. Surprise. Remembered at . WW1
Seaman Frederick John Abbott
Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. Laurentic.
(d.25 Jan 1917)
Frederick Abbott served in H.M.S. Laurentic. Remembered at . WW1
Rfm. Geoffrey Robinson Abbott
British Army 18th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Southminster, Essex
(d.31st Jul 1917)
Stoker 1st Class George Moore Abbott
Royal Navy H.M.S. Russell.
(d.27 Apr 191)
George Abbott served in H.M.S. Russell. Remembered at .
Sergeant Gilfred "Gilly" Abbott
British Army 6th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire
My Grandfather Gilfred Abbott served with the 6th Lancashire Fusiliers and we would welcome any information on any known activities during the war. His son Geoffrey Abbott joined the same battalion, the same regiment during World War Two. Any information on either my grandfather or my father would would be appreciated. Hoping for a response
Pte. Harold Campbell Abbott
British Army 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:96 Oak Rd, Luton.
(d.17th Apr 1915)
Stoker 1st Class Henry William Abbott
Royal Navy H.M.S. Vanguard.
(d.9 Jul 1917)
Henry Abbott served in H.M.S. Vanguard. Remembered at . WW1
Spr. Horace Abbott
Australian Imperial Forces 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy.
Pte. James Abbott
British Army 11th (1st South Down) Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Bighton
(d.31st July 1917)
James Abbott served with the 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in WW1. He was killed in action 31st of July 1917 aged 19 years on the 1st day of the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
James is buried Buffs Road Cemetery in Belgium. He is also remembered in St Peter's Memorial Book. His is the first name on Brighton's War Memorial 1914-1921.
Pte. John Abbott
British Army 8th Btn. Gloucestershire Rgt
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Private John Arthur Abbott
Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. Laurentic
(d.25 Jan 1917)
John Abbott served in H.M.S. Laurentic Remembered at . WW1
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