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John Arthur Adams
| Rank: | Gunner |
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| Townland: | Mullolagher |
| Town/Village: | Longford |
| Civil Parish: | Templemichael |
| Catholic Parish: | Templemichael |
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| Census 1901: |
Likely entry www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Cloondara/Mullolagher/1553617/ |
| Census 1911: |
Likely entry www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Cloondara/Mullolagher/587187/ |
| Regiment/Unit: | Royal Tank Corps; [Royal Field Artillery, "B" Battery, 210 Brigade] |
| Regiment Number: | 110296; [100845] |
| Date of Death: | 09-10-1917 |
| Cause: | Killed in action, 3rd Battle of Ypres |
| Memorial: | Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Information: | John was likely born 8 June, 1896 in Mullolagher, near Longford town. He initially served with the Royal Field Artillery, before transferring to the Tank Corps, but was sadly killed in action aged just 21 years. He was a brother of William James Adams, who was killed in action less than a year later in April 1918. |
| Parents Names: | (Likely) son of Richard Adams and Sidney(née Holmes), Mullolagher, Longford |
| Notes: | Ancestry.co.uk states that he was born in Staffordshire, however the parish is given as Templemichael. |
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