Arthur Frederick Adams

Arthur Frederick Adams

Nov 24, 1877

Born at Kent England

Jul 16, 1915

Attested into the 83^rd Battalion at Toronto Ontario

Ø Number 171017

Ø Next of kin given as Katie Adams (sister) of #7 Abbs Ave, Toronto Ontario

Ø Former occupation given as Laborer

Ø Stated to be a current member of the 12^th Regiment, York Rangers, Canadian Militia

Ø Stated to be a widower

o Former wife’s name was Alice E Adams

Ø Religion given as Church of England

Sep 25, 1915

Embarked the SS Corsican at Montreal Quebec

Oct 6, 1915

Disembarked at Plymouth England

TOS (Taken On Strength) the 39^th Reserve Battalion

Feb 5, 1916

Proceeded to France and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21^st Battalion

Sep 15, 1916 Killed in action at Courcelette

For some reason, when the burial parties were deployed, his body could no longer be identified and was buried as an Unknown Soldier and commemorated on the memorial at Vimy Ridge

2008

During the Remembrance Day ceremonies in 2008, Veteran's Affairs Canada conducted a vigil each night for the week leading up to November 11. This vigil consisted of projecting the names of every Canadian soldier who is listed with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on various buildings and monuments across Canada, and in London England. The photo below shows Pte AF Adam's name being projected on the outside wall of Canada House in London England

2010

For the 7 nights leading up to November 11, 2010, the names of all Canadian soldiers were projected onto the Belgian War Memorial in Ypres. At the same time, the same names were being broadcast via the internet to schools across Belgium and Canada. The image above shows the opening ceremonies at the Belgian War Memorial on November 4, 2010.

Below on the left is the name of Arthur Adams being projected on that wall. Below right shows the name being broadcast to the schools. Each name appeared for 25 seconds and each night 9,700 names were shown.