Victoria Cross Citation from The London Gazette, dated 18th February 1915.
'For conspicuous bravery on the 21st December 1914, at Rouges-Bancs, in voluntarily going from his trench and rescuing a wounded man who had been lying exposed against the enemy's trenches for 75 hours; and on the same day again leaving his trench voluntarily, under heavy fire to bring into cover another wounded man. He was under fire for 60 minutes whilst conveying the wounded men into safety.'
Private Abraham Acton, V.C. died on 16th May 1915. Although he was buried in a marked grave, further military action caused this to be destroyed, so his name is listed on the memorial wall at Le Touret cemetery.
A distant relative to Mary Teresa Holland (nee Ritson) Jack (John) Acton was a 1st cousin of Private Abraham Acton V.C. He married Minnie (Wilhelmina), the daughter of James Ritson. James Ritson was the Uncle to Thomas Dowson Ritson, the father of Mary Teresa Holland.
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