Military service
Service number:
B/37493
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 16, 1913
Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
April 9, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
K. 66.
Additional information
Son of Nellie Whitworth of Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom.
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The British Home Child was Killed in Action on August 19, 1942 at Dieppe. His grave is in the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery. Private John Randolph Abbott -
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Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Entrance - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
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Grave Marker
Grave marker - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private John Randolph Abbott
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Private John Randolph Abbott
Digital gallery of
Private John Randolph Abbott
Digital gallery of
Private John Randolph Abbott
Digital gallery of
Private John Randolph Abbott
Digital gallery of
Private John Randolph Abbott
Digital gallery of
Private John Randolph Abbott
Digital gallery of
Private John Randolph Abbott
Digital gallery of
Private John Randolph Abbott
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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