Thomas Abbott (1894-1917)

First name:

Thomas

Second name:

Abbott

Date of birth:

1894

Place of birth:

Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Date of death:

19/04/1917

Place(s) of work:

Seafield Oil Works

Home address(es):

Seafield, West Lothian, Scotland

Job title(s):

Miner

Occupation type(s):

Shale Miner

Related organisation:

Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd.

Thomas Abbott was the youngest son of William Abbott, a Coal Miner, and Annie Abbott, of 10 Burnside Terrace, Torphichen. He was born in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, and at the time of enlisting in the First World War, Thomas was living in Seafield, Bathgate, and was working at Pumpherston Oil Company as a shale miner.

Private Thomas Abbott was enlisted in January 1915 in the Royal Scots (Rank Private Service Number 300845) and was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 19 April 1917, age 23. He was buried in the Gaza War Cemetery. His surviving siblings were George, John, Isabella and Elizabeth. George and John both lived in Blackburn, Bathgate, and worked as coal miners.

Information courtesy of Scottish National War Memorial and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

As listed on the Roll of Honour for the Parish of Livingston.

References

Seafield Soldier Killed – Pte Thomas Abbott, Royal Scots, has been killed in action. He was 23 years of age, and the youngest son of Mr and Mrs William Abbott, 6 Wardlaw Place, Edinburgh and late of Seafield. Previous to enlistment he was employed as a miner with the Pumpherston Oil Company, Seafield.

Midlothian Advertiser 11th May 1917

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Seafield Royal Scots Killed – This week Mr and Mrs William Abbott, late of Seafield, Bathgate, and presently residing at Wardlaw Place, Edinburgh, have received intimation that their youngest son, Pte Thomas Abbott, Royal Scots, has been killed in action in Mesopotamia. Deceased was a shale miner with Pumpherston Oil Company Ltd, before entering the Army. He joined the colours in January 1915 and was sent in August of last year to Egypt. Mrs William Strathearn and Mrs Alex Downie, two sisters of Pte Abbott, have each lost a husband in the Great War. Two brothers, coal miners, reside in Blackburn, Bathgate.

West Lothian Courier 11th May 1917

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Abbott – Killed in action on 19th April 1917. Pte Thomas Abbott, Royal Scots, youngest son of Mr and Mrs William Abbott, Wardlaw Place, Edinburgh, late of Seafield, Bathgate, aged 23 years.

West Lothian Courier 11th May 1917