Abbott S A Cpl 1722 4th Gloucestershire Regiment
ABBOTT, SIDNEY ADOLPHUS, Corpl., No. 1722, 1/4th Battn. The Gloucestershire Regt. (T.F.), s. of Frederick Goodlett Abbott, of Bristol, late R.E., by his wife, Alice (162, Wick Road, Brislington, Bristol), dau. of F. Trout, and grandson of Staff-Q.-Master-Sergt. Adolphus Frederick Abbott, R.E. (who served through the Indian Mutiny); b. Derby, 30 Sept. 1896; educ. Leeds and Brislington; was a Car Conductor; joined the 4th Gloucestershire Territorials in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France 30 March, 1915; was promoted Corpl. for an act of gallantry on 9 May, when he went out with a small party to lay planks on the barbed wire in front of the German trenches, and was killed in action 13 June following, being shot by a German sniper at 5 a.m. as he was about to leave the dug-out. His Major wrote, speaking of him as one of their best N.C.O.’s; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2