ADAMS, GEORGE AUSTIN, Private, No. 26750, 7th (Territorial) Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), eldest s. of George Arthur Adams, of 76, Heath Road, Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late John Allen; b. Stapenhill aforesaid, 14 Oct. 1891; educ. there; was a Brass Polisher; joined the Sherwood Foresters 2 June, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Dec.; was invalided to England on two occasions, and died a prisoner of war at the Camp Hospital, Cassel, Germany, 23 July, 1918, from wounds received in action at Bullecourt 21 March previously. Buried at Cassel, Germany; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5
