Memorial to Lieutenant Colonel Richard Nevill Abadie, DSO, 2nd Battalion the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Son of Major General Henry Richard Abadie, CB, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey and Kate Teesdale Abadie (nee Sandeman). Educated at Charterhouse School, Surrey. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps 10 Mar 1900. Promoted to Lieutenant on 9 May 1901, to Captain on 27 Oct 1910, to Major on 1 Sep 1915 and to Acting Lieutenant Colonel on 21 Aug 1916. He served with the 1st Battalion in the Second Anglo Boer War in South Africa
(Queen's Medal and clasp). After transferring to the 2nd Battalion, he served in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) and India until 1909. He was Brigade Major Nov 1912-Aug 1916 of the 137th Staffordshire Infantry Brigade. The Brigade was sent to France with the 46th North Midland Division in the spring of 1915. He was awarded the DSO in 1915 and attended a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in May 1916. He took part in the first day of the Battle of the Somme and used his authority to command his men to halt their attack at Gommecourt to prevent their needless deaths. In Aug 1916 he took over command of the 2nd Battalion KRRC and was killed in action near Nieuwpoort, Belgium on 10 Jul 1917 aged 35 years. He is commemorated on the Nieuport Memorial, Nieuwpoort, Arrondissement Veurne, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium.
Cenotaph here
He is also commemorated on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst,
Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
on his parents grave in Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne.
Cenotaph here
and on the Charterhouse School War Memorial in the Charterhouse School Chapel, Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Surrey (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198189) and on the Charterhouse School Roll of Honour (see: https://charterhousewarmemorial.org.uk/RollofHonour.aspx?RecID=700&TableName=ta_wwifactfile&BrowseID=14).
(Queen's Medal and clasp). After transferring to the 2nd Battalion, he served in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) and India until 1909. He was Brigade Major Nov 1912-Aug 1916 of the 137th Staffordshire Infantry Brigade. The Brigade was sent to France with the 46th North Midland Division in the spring of 1915. He was awarded the DSO in 1915 and attended a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in May 1916. He took part in the first day of the Battle of the Somme and used his authority to command his men to halt their attack at Gommecourt to prevent their needless deaths. In Aug 1916 he took over command of the 2nd Battalion KRRC and was killed in action near Nieuwpoort, Belgium on 10 Jul 1917 aged 35 years. He is commemorated on the Nieuport Memorial, Nieuwpoort, Arrondissement Veurne, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium.
Cenotaph here
He is also commemorated on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst,
Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
on his parents grave in Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne.
Cenotaph here
and on the Charterhouse School War Memorial in the Charterhouse School Chapel, Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Surrey (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198189) and on the Charterhouse School Roll of Honour (see: https://charterhousewarmemorial.org.uk/RollofHonour.aspx?RecID=700&TableName=ta_wwifactfile&BrowseID=14).
Memorial to Lieutenant Colonel Richard Nevill Abadie, DSO, 2nd Battalion the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Son of Major General Henry Richard Abadie, CB, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey and Kate Teesdale Abadie (nee Sandeman). Educated at Charterhouse School, Surrey. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps 10 Mar 1900. Promoted to Lieutenant on 9 May 1901, to Captain on 27 Oct 1910, to Major on 1 Sep 1915 and to Acting Lieutenant Colonel on 21 Aug 1916. He served with the 1st Battalion in the Second Anglo Boer War in South Africa
(Queen's Medal and clasp). After transferring to the 2nd Battalion, he served in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) and India until 1909. He was Brigade Major Nov 1912-Aug 1916 of the 137th Staffordshire Infantry Brigade. The Brigade was sent to France with the 46th North Midland Division in the spring of 1915. He was awarded the DSO in 1915 and attended a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in May 1916. He took part in the first day of the Battle of the Somme and used his authority to command his men to halt their attack at Gommecourt to prevent their needless deaths. In Aug 1916 he took over command of the 2nd Battalion KRRC and was killed in action near Nieuwpoort, Belgium on 10 Jul 1917 aged 35 years. He is commemorated on the Nieuport Memorial, Nieuwpoort, Arrondissement Veurne, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium.
Cenotaph here
He is also commemorated on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst,
Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
on his parents grave in Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne.
Cenotaph here
and on the Charterhouse School War Memorial in the Charterhouse School Chapel, Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Surrey (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198189) and on the Charterhouse School Roll of Honour (see: https://charterhousewarmemorial.org.uk/RollofHonour.aspx?RecID=700&TableName=ta_wwifactfile&BrowseID=14).
(Queen's Medal and clasp). After transferring to the 2nd Battalion, he served in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) and India until 1909. He was Brigade Major Nov 1912-Aug 1916 of the 137th Staffordshire Infantry Brigade. The Brigade was sent to France with the 46th North Midland Division in the spring of 1915. He was awarded the DSO in 1915 and attended a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in May 1916. He took part in the first day of the Battle of the Somme and used his authority to command his men to halt their attack at Gommecourt to prevent their needless deaths. In Aug 1916 he took over command of the 2nd Battalion KRRC and was killed in action near Nieuwpoort, Belgium on 10 Jul 1917 aged 35 years. He is commemorated on the Nieuport Memorial, Nieuwpoort, Arrondissement Veurne, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium.
Cenotaph here
He is also commemorated on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst,
Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
on his parents grave in Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne.
Cenotaph here
and on the Charterhouse School War Memorial in the Charterhouse School Chapel, Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Surrey (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198189) and on the Charterhouse School Roll of Honour (see: https://charterhousewarmemorial.org.uk/RollofHonour.aspx?RecID=700&TableName=ta_wwifactfile&BrowseID=14).
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