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|Rank=Private
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|Number=10694
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|Battalion=[[2nd Battalion (Regular Army) Border Regiment|2nd Battalion Border Regiment]]
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|Company=B Coy
|Company=B Coy
|Enlisted=Whitehaven, Cumberland
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|Additional info=Son of Robert and Elizabeth Eleanor Acton, of 4 Regent Square, Senhouse St., Whitehaven, Cumberland.<br>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".''
|Additional info=Son of Robert and Elizabeth Eleanor Acton, of 4 Regent Square, Senhouse St., Whitehaven, Cumberland.<br>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".''
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Latest revision as of 14:16, 13 May 2020

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



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