BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS ABBOTT, OF 146, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL.
HE HAD SERVED IN INDIA FOR TWO AND HALF YEARS, AND RETURNED HOME FOR ONE MONTH BEFORE JOINING HIS REGIMENT IN FRANCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 21ST FEBRUARY 1915, AGED 23. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 4TH MARCH 1915 & HDM 15/5/15. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 6TH MARCH 1915. *
NB; GNR. JOHN ABBOTT, RGA, – 4 JOHNSON’S PLACE, PORTER STREET. ALSO EDWIN ABBOTT, ASC – 31 WESTBOURNE AVENUE.
First name:
EDWIN
Military Number:
2894
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Date Died
21/02/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
23
