Abraham Acton, V.C., 10694 Pte.

Remembered with Honour
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A soldier of the Border Regiment
Name	Abraham Acton, V.C.
Rank	Private
Number	10694
Battalion	2nd Border Regiment
Company	B Coy
Att'd/Trans
Former unit
Enlisted	Whitehaven, Cumberland
Resident
Where born	Whitehaven, Cumberland
Ctry of service	United Kingdom
Burial / Commemoration
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Where died	F & F
How died	k.i.a.
Age	21
Date of death	16th May 1915
Casualty type	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave ref.	Panel 19 and 20
Resting place	Le Touret Memorial

Additional information

Son of Robert and Elizabeth Eleanor Acton, of 4 Regent Square, Senhouse St., Whitehaven, Cumberland. An extract from "The London Gazette," dated 18th Feb, 1915, records the following:-"For conspicuous bravery on the 21st December, at Rouges-Bancs, in voluntarily going from his trench and rescuing a wounded man who had been lying exposed against the enemy's trenches for 75 hours; and on the same day again leaving his trench voluntarily, under heavy fire to bring into cover another wounded man He was under fire for 60 minutes whilst conveying the wounded men into safety".

Source
*Commonwealth War Graves Commission Soldiers Died in the Great War (1921)

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