Francis Wyatt Abbot-Anderson (1871 - 1916)

Born 24 Feb 1871 in Camberley

Ancestors

Husband of Amy Christina (Gabbett Parker) Anderson — married 14 Jul 1898 in Killaloe Cathedral

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1916 at age 44 in Egypt

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Biography

Lt Col Francis Abbot-Anderson was Killed in Action during World War I.

• Killed in Action

Francis was born in 1871. Francis is the child of Edward Anderson and Martha Birkett. Francis passed away about 1916. ^[1]

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Sources

Francis Wyatt Abbot Anderson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

Name: Francis Wyatt Abbot Anderson

Gender: Male

Christening Date: 11 Apr 1871

Christening Place: YORK TOWN,SURREY,ENGLAND

Father's Name: Edward Abbot Anderson

Mother's Name: Lavinia

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Francis Wyatt Abbot Anderson, "Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958"

Name: Francis Wyatt Abbot Anderson

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: Jul - Sep 1898

Event Place: Scarriff, Ireland

Registration Quarter and Year: Jul - Sep 1898

Registration District: Scarriff

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King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster

List of King's Own Officers - 1680 to 1959 Colonel G T E Keith started a definitive of all those who had served with a Commission in the 4th Regiment of Foot, the King's Own Royal Regiment. Work was started in the 1920s and 1930s and the records have been held and maintained by the King's Own Regimental Headquarters and later the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum.

The lists presented here show the officer's forename, surname, date of joining the King's Own as a commissioned officer, and Keith's reference number.

Information on each officer is held in files at the Regimental Museum extracts from which are made available in answer to enquiries

Anderson (Later Abbot-Anderson)

Francis Wyatt Abbot

1908

• Kings Own Museum Francis Wyatt Anderson

Francis Wyatt Abbott Anderson (Later Abbot-Anderson)

King's Own Royal Regiment: Major 22 Feb 1908 from Manchester Regiment. With 2nd Battalion, King’s Own, 1908-1910. Commanding Regimental Depot 1911-12. Lieutenant Colonel 3 Sep 1914. Died on Active Service in Egypt, 1 Jan 1916. 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Died 1 Jan 1916 (while serving on the Staff in Egypt)

Francis Wyatt, Abbot-Anderson 1871 - 1916; Born at Cambridge Town (now Camberley), Surrey on the 24th of February 1871. Baptised by Rev. F. M. Middleton at St. Michael's, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey on the 11th of April 1871. Living at 25 & 26 The Terrace, Royal Military College, Camberley, Surrey in the 1871 census. Francis' Father is a Captain with the 18th Royal Irish Regiment. Boarder and Scholar at Moorlands, Camberley, Surrey in the 1881 census. Educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, admitted as a Gentleman Cadet, unknown date. Living at Brackenhurst, Gordon Road, Camberley, Surrey in the 1891 census. Francis now aged 20 is still a Gentleman Cadet at the R.M.C. Sandhurst. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, Manchester Regiment on the 21st of October 1891. Reported in the London Gazette, published on the 20th of October 1891. "Honorary Queen's Cadet Francis Wyatt Abbot Anderson, from the Royal Military College, to be Second Lieutenant, in succession to Lieutenant V. N. FitzGibbon." Promoted to Lieutenant, Manchester Regiment on the 14th of December 1894. Promoted to Captain, Manchester Regiment on the 11th of March 1899. Married Amy Christina Parker, on the 14th of July 1898, at Killaloe Cathedral, County Clare, Ireland. Living at 6 East Somerville Place, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland in the 1901 census. Promoted to Major, Manchester Regiment on the 1st of June 1906. Instructor with a Company of Gentlemen Cadets at the R.M.C. Sandhurst, from the 28th of June 1907 until the 22nd of February 1908. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment on the 2nd of February 1908. Visitor at Dewhurst Lodge, Wadhurst, Sussex in the 1911 census. Appointed Commanding Officer of the , King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regimental Depot at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, Lancastershire, between 1911 and 1912. The 2nd Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment was posted to India in 1912. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment, on the 3rd of September 1914. With the outbreak of war the 2nd Battalion was posted to England, disembarking on the 22nd of December 1914. Appointed Officer Commanding of the 6th (Service) Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment. Posted to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli, disembarking July 1915. Lieutenant-Colonel Abbot Anderson, Officer Commanding ordered a Court of Enquiry, assembled aboard H.M.H.T. Olympic at Mudros, (on the Greek Island of Lemnos), 27th of November 1915, for the purpose of enquiring into the circumstances under which a Private from the 11 th (for 6 th ) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regtiment was found with his throat cut on the 26 th November 1915. Witness statements were taken, and the enquiry was of the opinion that the wound was self-inflicted. The Private survived his wounds and was invalided back to England and discharged. Posted to Egypt, unknown date. Died on the 1st of January 1916, aged 45. Buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave Reference: D. 243. Probate records give an address for Francis as, Roydon Lodge, Camberley, Surrey. Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial. Son of Edward and Lavinia Abbot-Anderson, of Roydon Lodge, Camberley, Surrey. Husband of Mrs F. W. A. Anderson, of Waverley, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. Francis came from a distinguished military family dating back to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Four of Francis' brothers served in the military, three of those during the Great War. One brother became a Physician to the late Princess Royal (Duchess of Fife), while another brother Edward Abbot-Anderson was an actor, better known by his stage name Allan Aynesworth, who appeared in a number of films, including The Iron Duke (1934) with George Arliss, Brewster's Millions (1935) with Jack Buchanan and Lili Damita, Young Man's Fancy (1939) and The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949), his last picture, with Richard Burton, Emlyn Williams, and Edith Evans

• Memorial to the Men of Frimley, Camberley and Surrounding Areas

• Kairen Anderson. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Kairen and others.
• "The Andersons of County Kilkenny 1680 - 1930" , written and published by Arthur Louis Brunker Anderson, 1930. The British Army Press, Simla (India), 1930. A .pdf version of this manuscript is available by e-mail from Little-1152. Send a private message request, please.
• Edmund Burkes "Landed Gentry of Ireland," 1958; 4th edition: "Andersons of Old Dunbell." Not available on-line. Scanned copy in possession of Little-1152. Specific page pertaining to this entry available as a scan on request by private message.

1. ↑ Entered by Kairen Anderson, May 11, 2012

Name: Francis Wyatt Abbot /Anderson/^[2][3][4][5]

Birth:

Date: 24 feb 1871

Place: Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, United Kingdom^[6][7][8][9]

Death:

Date: 1 Jan 1916

Place: Egypt^[10]

Residence:

Date: 1871

Place: Frimley, Surrey, England^[11]

Residence:

Date: 1901

Place: Dundee, Angus, Scotland^[12]

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