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Second Lieutenant ERIC GOWARD ABBOTT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

"A" Coy. 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 March 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Julie D. Abbott, of The Austins, Handsworth, Birmingham, and the late Councillor E. T. Abbott.
  • Personal Inscription TO SAVE THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS LIFE AND THAT TO US IS EVERYTHING
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Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 658
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