BORN LINCOLN 1895. SON OF JAMES JOHN ADAMS & ELIZABETH ADAMS. EMPLOYED AS MINERAL WATER BOTTLER. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 03/09/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 09/11/1915, AGED 20. HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 68 DAYS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST, 129 LBS WEIGHT, DARK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER ELIZABETH, WHO HAD MOVED TO 11 VILLA TERRACE, VILLA PLACE, HULL. HE LEFT BROTHER, JAMES AND FREDERICK, AND SISTERS, ELIZABETH, ALICE EMILY AND BESSIE. HIS OTHER BROTHER, GEORGE ADAMS, HAD DIED ON 09/11/1911. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 27/11/1915, WITHHIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON ST THOMAS CHURCH MEMORIAL, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN WW2.
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Rank: Private. Service No: 12576. Regiment/Service: East Yorkshire Regiment, “A” Coy. 7th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 21 and 3
