Service Details
Name:
 ADAMS
Given Name:
 MARTIN
Initials:
 M
Service No:
 7464
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-10-12
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range.
Additional
Information:
Brother of Frederick Adams, of Benoni, Transvaal. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916. Employed with Chamber of Mines. ***Headstone says ADAM
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. F. 6.

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