BORN HULL 03/01/1896. SECOND SON OF GEORGE ADAMS & ADA THUNDERCLIFFE. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN, OF 10 WEST DOCK AVENUE, HESSLE ROAD AND 77 ROSAMOND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A DECK HAND IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. LOST OVERBOARD ON TRAWLER “DIAMOND”, ON 27/10/1916, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/11/1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS BROTHER, GEORGE ADAM,S ALSO SERVED ON MINESWEEPERS, AND HIS FATHER WAS CAPTAIN OF ONE.
First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
5526
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
27/10/1916
Place died:
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK
Age:
19
