GEORGE CECIL ABBOTT
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.
Born: 1899, Ipswich.
Died: 16th July 1918; age 19; died of wounds as a Prisoner of War in a German hospital at Cassel.
Residence: 32, Warwick Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Orwell Works, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 39303.
Regiment: King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 9th Battalion.
Formerly 34606, T.R. Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory and British War.
Grave Reference:
VIII.D.5.
Kassel,
Germany.
Relatives Notified & Address: Only son of George & Edith Abbott, of 32, Warwick Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 267, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich.
George was a year old and living with his parents.
George Frederick Abbott, 35, a Post Office Assistant – Civil Service, born Ipswich.
Maria Edith Abbott (nee Marman), 31, born Greenwich, Kent.
1 domestic servant.
1911 32, Warwick Road, Ipswich.
George was 11 years old and living with his parents & sister.
George, 45, a Post Office Assistant Supt. – Civil Service.
Maria, 41.
Marjorie Marman Abbott, 1, born Ipswich.
Soldiers’ Effects to George F. Abbott – father.
George is also remembered on the Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Orwell Works memorial. Now sited at the Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk, and at Northgate High School. Formerly Ipswich Grammar School for Boys.
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