ARDLEIGH - ESSEX
St Mary's Church
Ardleigh is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles northeast from the centre of Colchester and 26 miles northeast from the county town of Chelmsford.
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Private Claude Walter ABBOTT 13
Born: Colchester, England Enlisted: 25-8-1914, Sydney, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Butcher 1st Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps Killed in Action: 29-5-1915, Gallipoli, aged 24years Son of Walter and Sarah Ann Abbott, of The Hollies, Ardleigh, Colchester, England. Resting: Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 182 |
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Australian War Memorial - C02168
Graves of members of the 10th Battalion in an Australian cemetery, several of whom were killed in action on 25 April 1915. Legible in the right foreground are the inscriptions marking the graves of (left to right) 522 Sergeant William Henry Munro; Lieutenant Albert John Byrne; Major Edward Castle Oldham; 13 Private Claude Walter Abbott, killed in action on 29 May 1915; 916 Bombardier Percy Samuel Hooppell, killed in action on 30 May 1915; and Captain Keith Eddowes Green.
Family Headstone - Ardleigh Cemetery
Photo: Geoffrey Gillon
Photo: Geoffrey Gillon