HARRY+ADAMS

Adams, Harry, Private, 14417, 2nd/4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment Born New Whittington, Derbyshire Enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire Died of wounds 30th September 1917

Buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, VI, C, 25

1911 Census: Harry Adams was a 32 year old coal miner, residing in New Whittington. He was the son of Mary Ann Adams, and the father of Ernest.

Service record: Enlisted 3rd September 1914 Employed as a miner Husband of Eliza Adams, and father of Ernest Adams, who were both residing in Hull, Yorkshire. His mother, Mary Ann, had moved to 9, Church Street, Old Whittington. Served in France from the 29th July 1915 21st March 1916, drunkenness and causing a disturbance in billet, awarded 7 days Field Punishment No. 1 17th - 28th April 1916, treated in hospital for articaria Also treated in hospital for influenza and myalgia in 1916 6th March 1917, tried by Field General Court Martial for desertion, found guilty and sentenced to 1 years detention, sentence suspended and returned to unit 17th March 1917