Goold-Adams J Captain 1st Leinster Regiment
CAPTAIN J. GOOLD ADAMS
IST BATTALION THE PRINCE OF WALES’S LEINSTER REGIMENT (ROYAL CANADIANS)
JOHN GOOLD ADAMS was the only son of the Venerable John Michael Goold Adams, M.A., Archdeacon of Derry, and of Emma his wife.
He came to the School in 1898 and left in 1900. He entered the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in 1901, was gazetted to the Leinster Regiment in 1903, and was promoted Captain in 1912. He served in the West African Frontier Force, North Nigeria Regiment Mounted Infantry, from 1908 to 1913, and, with it, took part in a punitive expedition.
He went to France with his Regiment in December, 1914, and was wounded in the following February. He rejoined and took part in the Battle of Hill 60, near Ypres, and, while leaning over the trenches in order to fire at the enemy, was killed by a shell, on May 4th, 1915. Age 31.
He married in August, 1913, Ierne Grace, eldest daughter of Assheton Biddulph, M.F.H., of Moneyguymeen, King’s Co.
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1
Goold-Adams J Captain 1st Leinster Regiment
ADAMS, JOHN GOOLD, Capt., 1st Battn. Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), s. of the Ven. John Michael Goold Adams, Rector of Clonleigh, co. Donegal, and Archdeacon of Derry, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Robert McClintock, of Dunmore, co. Donegal, D.L.; b. Rossdowney Vicarage, Londonderry, 10 Oct. 1883; educ. Bilton Grange Preparatory School, Rugby, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Leinster Regt. 22 April, 1903, becoming Lieut. 15 Dec. 1904, and Capt. 21 Sept. 1912; served at Pretoria, 1903-4, with the Mounted Infantry at Harrysmith, 1904-5, and in the Mauritius, 1905-6, and was employed with the West African Frontier Force in Northern Nigeria, 1908 to Nov. 1913.
After the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he accompanied his regiment to France (Dec. 23), was wounded in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, near Ypres, 4 May following. He m. at Moneyguine, Birr, King’s County, 5 Aug. 1913, Ierne Grace, dau. of Assheton Biddulph, M.F.H., of Moneyguyneen aforesaid; s.p.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1