William John Adams

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William John Adams was born on 24 July 1897 in Deanland, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, and baptised at the Wilton Primitive Methodist Church, Wilton, Wiltshire, on 20 September 1897 the son of John Edward Adams and Fanny Maria Adams (nee Read). He lived much of his life in the Deanland area but on reaching the age of 18 years he enlisted with the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service Nos. 0527 & 29210) and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. By the time of the 1921 Census he was still in the army with the 2nd Battalion and stationed at the Baird Barracks, Bangalore, Madras, India. On his discharge he had eventually married Hilda Day at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, on 30 June 1923. The 1939 Register shows he was then living at Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, working as a Cowman. His death was recorded in Salisbury, Wiltshire, during 1988.