Leatherhead War
Memorials - WWI - L/Cpl George Albert Abell
6th Bn Royal West Surrey Regiment
Town Memorial P7.R1.C1
Taken Not Given, Liam Sumption, L&DLHS
George Albert Abell is listed as serving in the 'Queen's' in the Parish Magazine of May 1915¹.
He died in the King Edward Hospital, Windsor, aged 22, on 26 January 1921. His address on his death certificate² is given as Princess Alice's Home, Slough and his occupation as 'ex-army'. In other words he could have been only 16 when he enlisted and had already been medically discharged.
The May 1916 Parish Magazine states that George Abell had been wounded serving with the 1st Bn. Queen's.³
His sister, L Abell, of 3 Mansion Cottages, Church Street, Leatherhead, was present at his death, which was attributed to an 'old gun-shot wound' which had brought about a form of paralysis and cardiac failure.
Sources
1. Parish Magazine of St Mary & St Nicholas, Leatherhead, May
1915, via Mr L Anstee
2. Death Certificate, copy issued by the General Register Office
21 Jan 1992 No. 049801
3. Parish Magazine of St Mary & St Nicholas, Leatherhead,
August 1916
George Abell is buried in LEATHERHEAD
(SS. MARY AND NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD. According the the CWGC he was a Lance Corporal and was in the 6th Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.). His service number was L/11000. He was the son of the late William and Caroline Abell, of Church Street, Leatherhead. |
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Links
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
entry
The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
Royal West Surreys 1914-18
Royal West Surreys
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page added 3 Aug 2004: last updated 8 Mar 2009