First name(s) Frederick
Last name Adams
Service number 26051
Rank Private
Badge number 201981
Enlistment date 10-May-1915
Discharge date 06-Jul-1917
Regiment/unit 6 Pro. Co. RDC.
Cause of discharge Para 392 xvi King's Regulation Sick.
Badge date of issue 07-Jul-1917
Record set Silver War Badge Roll 1914-1920
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Pte 26051 Frederick Adams aged 53 of the Royal Defence Corps, formerly of the Bedfords, died at home of a malignant stricture of the oesophagus, having been invalided out of the army in 1917. Born in Leighton Buzzard, by the time he was eleven years old he was a chimney sweep, working for Edward Fensome in Friday Street. He had first enlisted in 1879 and served with the East Surrey Regiment in Gibraltar and Egypt, working at The Swan Hotel as an ostler after twelve years with the colours and then enlisting once again in 1915. Father of Edward George Adams; husband of Edith (née Toms) of 31 Mill Road; son of Sarah Adams.
First name(s) Frederick
Last name Adams
Service number 26051
Rank Private
Badge number 201981
Enlistment date 10-May-1915
Discharge date 06-Jul-1917
Regiment/unit 6 Pro. Co. RDC.
Cause of discharge Para 392 xvi King's Regulation Sick.
Badge date of issue 07-Jul-1917
Record set Silver War Badge Roll 1914-1920
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Pte 26051 Frederick Adams aged 53 of the Royal Defence Corps, formerly of the Bedfords, died at home of a malignant stricture of the oesophagus, having been invalided out of the army in 1917. Born in Leighton Buzzard, by the time he was eleven years old he was a chimney sweep, working for Edward Fensome in Friday Street. He had first enlisted in 1879 and served with the East Surrey Regiment in Gibraltar and Egypt, working at The Swan Hotel as an ostler after twelve years with the colours and then enlisting once again in 1915. Father of Edward George Adams; husband of Edith (née Toms) of 31 Mill Road; son of Sarah Adams.
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