Three: Private W. Adams, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Duke of Albany’s), who died of wounds on 6 November 1914

1914 Star (817 Pte: W. Adams. 1/Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (817 Pte. W. Adams. Sea. Highrs.); Memorial Plaque (Walter Adams); Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. Walter Adams, Seaforth Highlanders’, the scroll with a small tear and slightly worn at the edges having previously been mounted, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £260-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals.

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Walter Adams was born in 1892 at St. Peters, Leicester. A blacksmith by trade, he attested for the Seaforth Highlanders in 1911 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War from 12 October 1914. Although delayed by the slow transport vessels and the activities of the German raiders Emden and Konigsberg operating in the Indian Ocean, he arrived in France, direct from India, with the rest of his Battalion and other regiments belonging to the Dehra Dun Brigade of the 7th Meerut Division on 12 October 1914. The division was was swiftly engaged during the ‘Race to the Sea’ campaign, after which the 1st Seaforth Highlanders occupied trenches at La Bassée near Neuve Chapelle, from 29 October, having relieved the 1st Royal West Kent Regiment following their epic six day stand. Private Adams died on 6 November 1914 of wounds received in action. He was the son of Samuel Adams of 20 Derwent Street, Leicester and is buried in Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension, France.