rivate David ADAMS
Remembrance - The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War
Private David ADAMS, 204989

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rivate David ADAMS

The photo of Private David Adams that was originally provided now appears to be of another soldier.
The photo will be replaced if a photo is provided with a reasonable provenance.

Private David ADAMS, 204989

2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 31.
Born Heselden (Durham), Enlisted Hartlepool, Resided Wingate (Co. Durham).
Buried SUCRERIE CEMETERY, EPINOY.

Neil Smith (<wiltshirebear@hotmail.com>), a great grandson, states that David Adams was born in April 1887 and was one of 9 children, and was the eldest boy in the family.

From the 1911 Census, David Adams married Jane Bryson, and they had a daugher Sarah. A son, Joseph (Neil Smith's grandfather), was born in 1914.

David Adams worked as a colliery haulier.

Neil Smith (<wiltshirebear@hotmail.com>), a great grandson of David Adams, has written some commemorative words on his great grandfather. These may be read below.

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