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Edmund Geoffrey ABBOTT, GC

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No. & Rank at the Time of Action: Lieutenant

Unit/Occupation: Royal Navy

Date and Place of Birth: 20th July 1895, Northwood, Middlesex

Family: From the 1901 Census. The House beside The Sundial, Ruislip, Northwood, Middx Edmund G Abbott (aged 5) was at home with his father Edmund R Abbott (age 34) a Solicitor, mother Emily (age 33) brothers and sisters Amy (7), Joyce (3). The children were all born at Northwood, father was born Hampstead and mother in Derby.

Early Life:

Date and Place of GC Action: 5th August 1919, Invergordon dry dock, Scotland

The London Gazette: 14th March 1920