Private Percy Redmond Adams
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Adams,
Percy Redmond
Date of birth: 1884-02-02
Place of birth: Croydon Surrey England
Next of kin: Laura Adams, wife, of Kamloops, British Columbia
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Rancher
Address:
Kamloops, British Columbia
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-09-02
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Wancourt British Cemetery, III. C. 21 .
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 687917
Highest Rank:
Private
(72nd Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 72nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Lance Corporal (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: killed at Drocourt-Queant Canal
Commemoration location: Kamloops BC War Memorial
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 32102
LAC ID:
1781
Service file: B0034-S006
Uploader's Notes: Son of Frederick Glynn Adams and Grace Mary Adams. Husband of Laura Adams, of 76 Belmont Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.
Married Laura H. Whitehouse at Goose Lake, British Columbia on September 16, 1915. 3 years prior military service with a school cadet corps in England.
CEF Burial Registers - During an attack by his Battalion on 2nd September 1918, the final objective had been reached, and it was while holding the position that this soldier was instantly killed by a machine gun bullet. Near Villers, Cagnicourt.
Married Laura H. Whitehouse at Goose Lake, British Columbia on September 16, 1915. 3 years prior military service with a school cadet corps in England.
CEF Burial Registers - During an attack by his Battalion on 2nd September 1918, the final objective had been reached, and it was while holding the position that this soldier was instantly killed by a machine gun bullet. Near Villers, Cagnicourt.
Uploader's Research notes: [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 172nd Battalion A Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 72nd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-06-17