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BORN 17 December 1892
DIED 16 May 1915 AGE 22
VC Won 21 December 1914 AGE 22
Place VC Won Rouges Bancs, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Abraham Acton No. 10694 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 566 Awards VC
Regiment Border Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Later Kings Own Royal Border Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth 4 Regent Square, Senhouse Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Place Of Death Festubert, Pas de Calais, France
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Named on the Le Touret Memorial to the Missing (CWGC) Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 18 February 1915
VC Presented 29 November 1916, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Le Touret Memorial to the Missing (Panel 19-20), Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France
P Named on War Memorial, St James's Church, Whitehaven, Cumbria
P Memorial near place of birth, 45 Roper Street, Whithaven, Cumbria
Acton Court, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Name on war memorial, Douglas, Isle of Man
Memorial, St Matthews Church, Douglas, Isle of Man
Memorial, Crosthwaite Memorial School, Whitehaven, Cumbria
P Named on memorial bench, Orange Order, Helens Tower, Ulster Tower, Thiepval, France
P Named on Regimental Victoria Cross Memorial, Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle, Cumbria
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, St Nicholas Church Gardens, Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria
By The Way…
Abraham Acton’s mother and father moved to the Isle of Man, after the war. Hence the name on the war memorial in Douglas
VC Held By
The Beacon, Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
