Abbott/Abbot/Abott, J H
JOHN HENRY ABBOTT
Remembered with honour London Cemetery and Extension: Plot 10, Row J, Grave 2.
He enlisted in London; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914 Star medals, his qualifying date being 15 August 1914, and was missing presumed killed in action on or since 4 September* 1914. Unfortunately, John’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Son of George and the late Lydia (nee ENGLAND) ABBOTT; husband of Gertrude May (nee DITCHAM) ABBOTT of Norwich, Norfolk.
His parents married 10 June 1878 at St Mary’s, Watford. Lydia died 1912 aged 61; George died 1930 aged 82; both in the Watford district.
John was born 1884 in Watford, and baptised 9 November 1884 at All Saints, Leavesden, Herts. He married in 1912 in the Norwich district; they had two children. He resided in Norwich. Gertrude never remarried, and died 1980 in the Norwich district aged 92.
On the 1891 Census, aged 1 [sic] he lived in Bushey, Herts, with his parents and three siblings. On the 1901 Census, a general labourer aged 16, he still lived in Bushey, with his parents and two siblings. On the 1911 Census, a Private in the 3rd King’s Own Hussars aged 26 he was stationed at Roberts Heights, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Service number
4090Rank
PrivateUnit
3rd BattalionRegiment
Place buried
Date of death
on or since 04/09/1914Age at death
30Place of death
Memorial(s)
Notes
His brother George Edward died 26 September 1915 and also features on this Roll of Honour- 1st S.W. Herts Scout Troop [in St Mary's Parish Church Watford] (4)
- Abbot's Langley Herts War Memorial (17)
- Aldbury Herts War Memorial (1)
- Aldenham Herts War Memorial (located in Letchmore Heath Herts) (8)
- All Saints Church Croxley Green Herts (12)
- All Saints Church Harrow Weald Middx (2)
- All Saints Church Hertford (1)
- All Saints Church King's Langley Herts (1)
- All Saints Church Leavesden Herts (31)
- All Saints Church Witham Essex (3)