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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
52nd Bn.
Birth:
May 1, 1891
Hovering, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 23, 1915
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 14, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 13.
Additional information
Son of James Henry and Mary Ann Abbott (nee Jackson), of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Captain Edward Lyman Abbott was inducted in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame on June 13, 2014.
Digital gallery of Captain Edward Lyman Abbott
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Biography
Captain Edward Lyman will be inducted in the Saskatchewan Sports of Hall of Fame on June 13, 2014. -
Biography
Captain Edward Lyman will be inducted in the Saskatchewan Sports of Hall of Fame on June 13, 2014. -
Plaque
Captain Edward Lyman Abbott was inducted in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame on June 13, 2014. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Press Clipping 2
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Newspaper Clipping 3
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Newspaper Clipping (4)
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Newspaper Clipping (5)
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Attestation Paper
One of 2 images of p 1 Abbott's CEF Attestation document, online at Library Archives Canada. -
Abbott Memorial Cup
The Abbott Memorial Cup, commonly referred to as the Abbott Cup, was awarded annually from 1919 through 1999 to the Junior "A" ice hockey Champion for Western Canada. The Cup was named after Captain E.L. (Hick) Abbott who was a noted hockey player in Western Canada. He captained the Regina Victorias when it won the Junior Championship of Canada in 1913 and 1914. Captain Abbott died in active service in the First World War and the trophy was presented in his memory in 1919 by the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association -
Photo of Edward Abbott
EDWARD LYMAN ABBOTT AKA "LYMAN" To The Family. -
Photo of Edward Abbott
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Photo of EDWARD LYMAN ABBOTT
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Photo of EDWARD LYMAN ABBOTT
E.L. Abbott in uniform -
Cemetery
excerpt from Roye Cemetery directory -
Artifacts
Captain EL Abbott's medals on display with the trophy named in his honour (The Abbott Cup) at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto during their tribute to how WW1 impacted the sport of hockey 100 years earlier - December 2014 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Morning Leader. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Morning Leader c1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Lyman Abbott
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Lyman Abbott
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Lyman Abbott
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Lyman Abbott
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Lyman Abbott
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Lyman Abbott
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Lyman Abbott
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Lyman Abbott
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Lyman Abbott
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 357 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Roye is a commune in the Department of the Somme 40 kilometres south-east of Amiens. The ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY is south-east of the town on the side of the Noyon road.
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