ADAMS B. W.
Benjamin William Adams
Private 13645
1st Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Benjamin William Adams died on Sunday 4 March 1917, age 28, and is remembered on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. He was remembered on both the main Sutton War Memorial and the Memorial of St Michael & All Angels Church, Sutton.
He was born c1889 in Hucknall Huthwaite to parents Benjamin and Alice Adams. Benjamin Adams was a Coal Miner and a native of Pinxton, Derbyshire, while his wife Alice was born in Boston, Lincolnshire.
He was the husband of Mrs Catherine Adams, of 51 Lime Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
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 Notts Free Press, 1st March 1918 |
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 1st March 1918
Adams - In Loving Memory of Private Benjamin Wm. Adams, the beloved husband of Catherine Adams, of 51 Lime Street, Sutton, who was killed in Action March 4th 1917. He did his duty nobly, and now he rests in peace.
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Adams, Private Benjamin William, Sherwood Foresters.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great
War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
ADAMS, Benjamin William. Born Huthwaite,
Notts. Enlisted at Mansfield (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield) 1st Bn Sherwood
Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 13645, killed in action, France &
Flanders 4th Mar 1917.
From "Lest we forget - The Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"
B. W. Adams, 47 Lime Street, Sutton. Enlisted 24-8-14. Pte., Notts & Derby Regt. Actions: France. Killed in action 1918.
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