ADAMES, ALFRED HENRY, Blacksmith’s Mate (Po.), 341309, R.N., only surv. s. of the late Alfred Richard Adames, by his wife, Caroline; b. Portsmouth, co. Hants, 26 Jan. 1878; educ. Greenwich School; joined the Navy in 1896; served on H.M.S. Invincible, H.M.S. Roxburgh, H.M.S. Fishguard; also on H.M.S. Bulwark, and was lost when that ship was blown up in Sheerness Harbour 26 Nov. 1914. He was awarded the Messina Medal, the South African Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. He m. at St. James’s Church, Milton, 24 April, 1912, Lucy Emily, 3rd dau. of Edmund Daysh, of Southsea, and had two children: Alfred Henry, b. 20 Feb. 1915, and Lucie Philis, b. 6 July, 1913.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2