Eldest son of Sergeant William and Mary Abbott, of 37, Victory Road, Little Lever, Lancashire.
Abbott, William Wilding –
Personal details
- Surname: Abbott
- Forename: William Wilding
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Mossley, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Little Lever, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 20
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: February 12th, 1916
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 11388
- Regiment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bury, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Little Lever War Memorial Plaque (Library) - Little Lever
- Little Lever Wesleyan Chapel - Little Lever
- CWGC Memorial: Artillery Wood Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: IX. A. 8.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 25/02/1916
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5h
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 25/02/1916 05/01/1917 06/07/1917 23/11/1917