{"id":2,"date":"2012-03-05T10:04:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T10:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:56:59","slug":"abram","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/old-boys\/abram\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Abram"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2\" data-postid=\"2\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bb07008 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_xmgo858 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_9qgx000\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_3wne296 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_lnzh000   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2><strong>Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Name:<\/strong> Robert Abram<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DoB:<\/strong>\u00a0September 21 1891<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Regt:<\/strong> Captain 3rd Border Regiment <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DoD:<\/strong>\u00a0October 26 1917<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Academic Career<\/strong>: 1904-11\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Other:<\/strong> CC Minor Scholar Tutor in Private Choir School<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Biographical Information<\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_4y26240 last\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_sstg025\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_rxr4297 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_oflo669\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_3oge002 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_ryum220 image-top rounded  tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/abram.jpg\" width=\"675\" height=\"622\" title=\"Robert Abram\" alt=\"Robert Abram\">    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_d6cv690 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_jlmy749 image-top rounded  tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/abramhead.jpg\" width=\"675\" height=\"622\" title=\"Robert Abram\" alt=\"Robert Abram\">    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_51u8040 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_r934094 first\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_tdz2797 \" data-behavior=\"accordion\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   gray\">\n            <li class=\"builder-accordion-active\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-tdz2797-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-tdz2797-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n                                                            Family Background                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-tdz2797-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-tdz2797-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"accordion-content tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_sius298\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_qho8298 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_66rw298   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Family Background:<\/strong> Robert\u2019s family history shows evidence of social mobility in the C19th and early C20th. Robert was a Grammar School boy who became a captain in the Border Regiment. His father, Thomas, was a locomotive engine driver. The railways were an organisation that rewarded the hard work and dedication of sober and responsible men. Thomas had begun as a labourer on the railways and had risen to being a stoker and then a driver. His own father, also Robert, is recorded as being in Brampton Union Workhouse, aged five, in 1841. His mother (we presume) Ann Abrams (sic), aged 25, and brother John (aged two) were also in the workhouse. Robert and John may have been together in the infants room (at least until Robert turned seven) but they would have been separated from their mother. Workhouses, after the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, had been made deliberately harsh to ensure only the most destitute applied, so families were split up. We can only imagine what young Robert endured. At least by the age of 16 he was working as a servant for a farmer of 160 acres and later he became a railway guard. He died in 1895, without seeing the success of his son. Thomas and his wife Mary Jane Hamilton had seven children: Robert was the second child and only he and younger brother Henry attended the Grammar School.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Cumberland News reported that at the time of Robert\u2019s death three brothers were also on active service and his youngest brother and sisters were engaged in war work.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-tdz2797-1\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-tdz2797-1-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Academic Record                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-tdz2797-1-content\" data-id=\"acc-tdz2797-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_vg20298\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_va30298 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_itgc298   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Academic Record<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Robert received his early education at Bishop Goodwin School where \u201c<em>he showed promise of a brilliant career<\/em>\u201d (The Cumberland News). In 1903 he was awarded the Bishop of Hereford\u2019s Prize at the examination held under the George Moore Education Trust and the next year he was awarded City and County Scholarship to the value of \u00a336 each (though one was relinquished, as he could not hold both).<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the Grammar School, Robert was good at sport. He captained the Rugby \u00a0XV in 1910 having played in the team in 1908 (\u201cA light but hard working forward. Is especially good as a front rank man in the scrum. Follows up well.\u201d) and 1909 (\u201cThe hardest worker in the scrum, and one of the keenest at practices. With a little more originality in the open he would become a really good forward.\u201d). As captain he was described as \u201cenergetic\u201d. He was academic, winning a form prize in 1908, and prizes for English, Greek and geography in 1909. In 1911 the school medal for good character and proficiency was awarded to him. He was also a keen member of the debating society and was secretary by 1909. One of the debates in 1909 concerned whether Britain should fear a German invasion. Robert thought not. In 1910 his favourite author was Thackeray. He opened a debate on the abolition of the House of Lords and spoke with \u201cgreat vehemence\u201d. He preferred football to cricket; town life to country; and was against aviation! In 1911 he spoke against women\u2019s suffrage; and military conscription!\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-tdz2797-2\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-tdz2797-2-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            War Record                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-tdz2797-2-content\" data-id=\"acc-tdz2797-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_asx6298\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_8enn298 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_txw8298   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>War Service<\/strong>: Robert obtained his commission in the Border Regiment in 1916 and crossed over to France in January 1917. He took part in much fighting on the Western Front and was twice recommended for a decoration. He was killed in the Battle of Passchendaele in October 1917 and as his body was not recovered he is commemorated at Tyne Cot Cemetery outside Ypres.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His officer wrote to the family: \u201cYour son was killed whilst leading his company in the last attack. He was shot through the head and died immediately\u2026I had seen the way he handled his men and gained the confidence and respect of all who knew him. His men would follow him anywhere\u2026In the action a few days before he was killed he did extraordinary good work and I recommended him for a decoration. I am only too sorry he did not get it as had been well earned.\u201d Another officer wrote: \u201cHe always took the keenest interest in the welfare of his men and seemed to have no thought for his own safety. Throughout the whole time he showed splendid courage, determination and spirit. I was near him during the whole attack and he worked like a nigger (sic) the whole time.\u201d October 26 had been a day of heavy losses for the Border Regiment and Captain Abram\u2019s death is reported in Col Wylly\u2019s account of the Regiment in the Great War: \u201cthe men got stuck in mud up to their waists and were almost entirely wiped out by machine-gun fire\u201d; \u201cPractically the whole of this company fell\u2026\u201d It was a sorry end to his short life.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-tdz2797-3\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-tdz2797-3-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Other                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-tdz2797-3-content\" data-id=\"acc-tdz2797-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_v1vp298\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_z93u298 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_zlv2298   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Other:<\/strong> The Carliol Magazine reports Robert\u2019s marriage at St Mary\u2019s Church, Walney Island, on January 17, 1917, to Nellie, daughter of Thomas Bushby, of Carlisle. During the war Nellie worked as a VAD nurse in Oxford.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the Nicoll family archive there are a few letters from Theodore Walrond (the music master from 1906-11) to the brothers in which various \u2018OC\u2019s\u2019 are mentioned.<\/p><p>\u00a0Walrond to JS Nicoll, 12.6. 17 <em>\u2018Then last Friday I had Abram and his wife. I thought she would like to see the last of him before his return to France so I told him to bring her. Abram had to leave Victoria at the indecent hour of 7.50 am on Saturday. But his wife, like a sensible woman remained in Ealing and had breakfast at a more civilised hour before returning to her nursing duties in Oxford.\u2019<\/em> <em>\u00a0idem, 15.8.17<\/em> <em>\u00a0 \u2018\u2026otherwise I have seen naught of OCs: though I have had a letter from Bert Abram who is at present at some kind of training school behind the lines. I also saw his wife last week in Oxford, and gathered that she has a pretty cheerful account of him.\u2019<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-tdz2797-4\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-tdz2797-4-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                                            <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-tdz2797-4-content\" data-id=\"acc-tdz2797-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_6j1f298\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_14pn298 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_diig298   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> a) Carlisle School Memorial Register 1264-1924 b) Census: 1911RG14PN 31315RG78PN1796RD5745D2ED12SN211; 1901 RG13\/4865; 1891 RG12\/4287 &amp; RG 12\/4289; 1881 RG11\/5156; 1851 HO107\/2427; 1841 HO107\/167\/14 c) Col HC Wylly: \u201cThe Border Regiment in the Great War\u201d 1924 d) The Carliol 1908; 1909; 1917 e) The Cumberland News 17 November 1917<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Key Information Name: Robert Abram DoB:\u00a0September 21 1891 Regt: Captain 3rd Border Regiment DoD:\u00a0October 26 1917 Academic Career: 1904-11\u00a0 Other: CC Minor Scholar Tutor in Private Choir School Biographical Information Family Background Family Background: Robert\u2019s family history shows evidence of social mobility in the C19th and early C20th. 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