Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. C. Adams, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was killed in action at the First Battle of the Aisne on 14 September 1914

1914 Star, with clasp (7347 Pte. J. Adams. 1/D. of Corn: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7347 Pte. J. C. Adams. D. of Corn. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Joseph Adams) nearly extremely fine (4) £240-£280

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

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Joseph Charles Adams was born in 1883 at Homerton, Middlesex. He attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 20 April 1903 and served with 1st Battalion during the Great War from 20 August 1914. He was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne on 14 September 1914, aged 31 years. He was the husband of Edith Maud Adams, 19, ‘P’ Block, Peabody Buildings, Stamford Street, Blackfriars, London and is buried in Vauxbuin French National Cemetery, France. His headstone bears the inscription, ‘In loving memory of my dear husband from wife and son’.