Geboortejaar: 1890

Geboorteplaats: Surrey, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Beroep: Klerk - Bediende

Land: Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Strijdmacht: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Second Lieutenant

Service nummer: /

Eenheden:  —  The Rifle Brigade, 6th Bn. attd. Trench Mortar, 59th Bty.  (Attached)

Datum van overlijden: 21/09/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Eagle Trench, Langemark, België

Doodsoorzaak: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Leeftijd: 27

1914-15 Star Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

John Gurney Abbott of the 6th Rifle Brigade was attached to the 29th Trench Mortar Battery. The 59th Trench Mortar Battery, part of the 59th Brigade and 20th Division took part in the Battle of Menin Road on the 20th of September 1917. The 59th Battery was to take 't Goed ter Vesten Farm and Eagle Trench. They advanced as far as 't Goed ter Vesten Farm but they were not able to take Eagle Trench in its entirety, due to machine gun fire. A small portion remained in enemy hands, forming a salient. John Gurney Abbott died on the 21st of September, probably consolidating the new front line.
Confusion concerning the battalion number ( could be 6th or 11th )

"The history of the Twentieth (Light) Division", Inglefield V.E., Nisbet & Co., 1921, pg. 168-170. Gebruikte bronnen

"The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account", McCarthy C., London, Arms & Armour Press, 1995, pg. 81. Gebruikte bronnen

Ancestry http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Verdere verwijzing

CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/845618/ABBOTT,%20JOHN%20GURNEY Gebruikte bronnen

Portraits of Lloyd's Men ( whose names appear on Lloyd's War Memorial ) Gebruikte bronnen

The London Gazette Gebruikte bronnen

The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Verdere verwijzing