Pte
Albert Adams
Information about birth
Date of birth: 18/09/1876 |
Place of birth: Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
General information
Profession: Licensed Victualler |
Army information
Country: England, United Kingdom |
Force: British Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Private |
Service number: 40416 |
Enlistment place: Chatham, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
Units: — East Yorkshire Regiment, 6th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 02/10/1917 |
Place of death: Maison Bulgare, Belgium |
Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
Age: 41 |
Memorial
Tyne Cot Memorial Panel: 47 |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 2
#1 | Place of birth | ||
#2 | Enlistment place |
My story
Private Albert Adams was killed in action on the 2nd of October 1917, probably while burying a cable line near Maison Bulgare, north of Sint-Juliaan. On the 2nd of October Adams' Company had just started to lay a cable from Maison Bulgare to the Hannixbeek Farm ( near Langemarck ). Private Adams was killed in action during the work, another soldier was wounded.
Sources 5
"De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918. A biographical record of members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who fell in the Great War 1914-1918", Naval & Military Press, 2010, pg. 1. Sources used |
Ancestry http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Further reference |
CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/845658/ADAMS,%20ALBERT Sources used |
The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army Further reference |
War Diaries http://www.nmarchive.com/ Further reference |