Leonard Percy Adams (1899-1918)
Staffordshire man wounded while serving with 2nd DLI buried in Cologne
Leonard Percy Adams, the son of Benjamin and Mary Ann Adams, was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire early in 1899. He had four brothers and two sisters. He lived in Wednesbury all his life until he was called up on 15 February 1917 and joined the 86th Training Reserve Battalion. On 1 November he was posted to the 52nd Graduated Battalion, Durham Light Infantry and landed in France on 16 January 1918, when he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion. He was wounded in the Second Battle of the Somme in March and died of his wounds on 13 April 1918.
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Birth date: 1899
Death date: 13-Apr-1918
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: 14 Stafford Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire (1901 census)
6 Perry Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire (1911 census)
35 Corporation Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire (British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920)
Religion: Church of England (British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920)
Employment: Clerk (British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920)
Family: Father: Benjamin Adams
Mother: Mary Ann Adams (nee Spate)
Siblings: Selina, Herbert, William H., John Robert, Cyril Benjamin & Elsie Catherine Adams
Military service:
52nd Graduated Battalion Durham Light Infantry
Service No.: 5/65966
2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Private
Service No.: 78824
Medal(s): British WarvMedal
Victory Medal
Memorial(s): Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Grave Ref.: XI.C.18
D.L.I. 1914-1918 Book of Remembrance, Durham Cathedral
Gender: Male
Contributed by John Edwards
