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Captain EDWARD LYMAN ABBOTT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

52nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Military Cross and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of James Henry and Mary Ann Abbott (nee Jackson), of Regina, Saskatchewan.
  • Personal Inscription "HICKORY" A TRUE & GALLANT GENTLEMAN HIS LIFE STILL SHALL SPEAK
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Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 608
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