2721868 Henry Groves ABBOTT, Irish Guards attached HQ 5 Guards Armoured Brigade

Casualty

Guardsman ABBOTT, HENRY GROVES
Service Number 2721868
Died 08/02/1945
Aged 34
Irish Guards attd. H.Q. 5th Guards Armd. Bde.
Son of C.Q.M.S. Charles Thomas Abbott, Royal Irish Regt. (killed in action in Belgium, 24th May, 1915) and Margaret Helen Abbott.
INSCRIPTION: FOR EVER WITH THE LORD
Buried at HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Location: Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Cemetery/memorial reference: 1. G. 10.

 

His father who died at the same age, 30 years before him, is also commemorated in Belgium:

Casualty
Company Quartermaster Serjeant ABBOTT, CHARLES THOMAS
Service Number 5808
Died 24/05/1915
Aged 34
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
Son of the late H. G. Abbott; husband of Margaret Helen Abbott, of 9, The Terrace, Tramore, Co. Waterford.
Commemorated at YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Location: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 33.
See cemetery plan