Abbott G D Lt Connaught Rangers
Source : The Sphere
LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY DYETT ABBOTT, 1st BATTN. CONNAUGHT RANGERS.
who was born on the 12th October, 1801, at Srinagar, Kashmir, was the son of the late Colonel Frank Abbott, late 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse), and a grandson of the late Lieutenant- General H. D. Abbott, C.B., and of Major-General J. C. Berkeley, C.I.E. He was educated at Cheltenham College and the R.M.C., Sandhurst. Having been gazetted to the Connaught Rangers in March. 1911, he served with the 1st Battalion in India, and was promoted Lieutenant in June, 1014. He was a good shot, and played football, cricket, billiards, and tennis.
Lieut. Abbott was killed in action at Laventie, France, on the 2nd November, 1914. His Company Commander sent the following account of the circumstances –
On the 2nd instant (November, 1914) we went to relieve the 2nd Gurkhas and came under rather heavy fire crossing an open place. It was in the above open place he was killed.”
Source : The Bond Of Sacrifice Vol 1