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ADAMS Percy Lionel Lieut

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/19053

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This record is about the ADAMS Percy Lionel Lieut dating from 2000-2024.

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Reference

SKR/DAT/IP/19053

Title

ADAMS Percy Lionel Lieut

Date

2000-2024

Description

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Surname: ADAMS;

Forename(s): Percy Lionel;

Initials: PL;

Rank: Lieut;

Previous Battalion: 18 of;

Previous Regiment: London Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 58 Bn;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 03-Oct-1918;

Other Data: NOK - Mrs Adams (mother), The Oaks, Bromley Rd, Shortlands, Kent.
Estate: £1410/11/4d in favour of brother, Walter Crowhurst Adams.
Casualty Form: 7/9/1918 to Camiers, ex-England - to join 58 Bn
21/9/1918 wounded - gsw chest 37 FA. 23/9/1918 to 55 Cas Cl Stn. 3/10/1918 DOW 5/10/1918 buried Doingt Extn, Comm Cem
prev evac from France, gassed, 3 Dec 1917 at Cambrai, France - to Prince of Wales Hosp - designated Category A, unfit 3 months
prev 2377 28 London Regt and 5568 13 London Regt. Embodied 4/9/1914, transf 13 London 29/4/1916 - served, Home, 2 yrs 51 days.;

Other Notes: ADAMS, Lieutenant, P L, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 3rd October 1918. III. D. 5. Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension - Somme, France.;

Related National Archives files: WO374/316;

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language

English

Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description

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Record URL
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Machine Gun Corps Database

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