Adams, ER
(1897 - 1917)
Key Facts
DATE OF BIRTH:
20th February 1897
YEARS ATTENDED THE COLLEGE:
1913 - 1914
HOME ADDRESS WHEN AT THE COLLEGE:
8 Springbank Road, SE13
REGIMENT
Third Army Corps Cyclist Battalion
FINAL RANK:
Signaller
DATE OF DEATH:
15th September 1917
AGE AT DEATH:
20
WHERE HE DIED (or was wounded)
Epehy
LOCATION OF GRAVE OR MEMORIAL:
Hargicourt British Cemetery. I D 7
Signaller Edwin Robert Adams
Born February 20th 1897, Edwin was the eldest son of printer Henry Adams and his wife, Minnie. In 1913 he had signed up as a member of the Territorial Army whilst still at the College and when war was declared the following summer he left Dulwich in order to sign up with the 20th Battalion, London Regiment.
He went to France in March of 1915 and served at Festubert, Givenchy, Loos, and on the Somme before, in early 1917, transferring to the Third Army Corps Cyclist Battalion. It was whilst serving in this capacity that he fell later that year, on September 15th near Epehy.
