Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Great War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

please scroll down to send a message

246030 Able Sea. Ralph Stuart Adams Royal Navy HMS Inflexible from:Bedford (d.18th March 1915) Ralph Adams, born 10th October 1892 in Bedford was the son of Joseph and Alice Mary Adams of Brooklands, Alford Road, Sutton on Sea, Lincs, formerly of 176 Foster Hill Road, Bedford. He enlisted in October 1910 for 12 years service with the Royal Navy and the 1911 census shows him serving on board HMS Bacchante. He was killed in action on 18th of March 1915 aged 22 years on board HMS Inflexible when the ship was attacked and badly damaged in The Dardanelles, he was buried at sea and is commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial and the Rolls of Honour at both St. Pauls church and St. Martins church, Bedford. He was a pupil of Bedford Modern School 1901-07, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923: the Old Boys of this School who, as in duty bound, laid down their lives in a great cause Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**