Company Segeant Major Thomas Abbott DCM
26056 18th Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Lived at 1 Hill Martin Street
Burnley Express 6th April 1918
London Gazette 28 March 1918

"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When all his company officers had become casualties, he took charge of the company and, with the survivors, repelled numerous counter attacks. He continued to perform invaluable work until wounded."