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About Lt Col Tom Edwin Adlam
Lieutenant Adlam was awarded the Victoria Cross during the Battle of the Somme for the following action:
"On 27 September 1916 at Thiepval, France, a portion of a village which had defied capture had to be taken at all costs and Second Lieutenant Adlam rushed from shell-hole to shell-hole under very heavy fire collecting men for a sudden rush. At this stage he was wounded in the leg but in spite of his wound he led the rush, captured the position and killed the occupants. Throughout the day he continued to lead his men and on the following day, although wounded again he still led and encouraged them."
Adlam survived the First World War and, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, went on to serve with the Royal Engineers during the Second World War.
Medal entitlement of: Lieutenant Colonel Tom Edwin ADLAM 7th Bn, The Bedfordshire Regiment
- Victoria Cross
- British War Medal ( 1914-20 )
- Victory Medal ( 1914-19 )
- Defence Medal ( 1939-45 )
- War Medal ( 1939-45 )
- King George VI Coronation Medal ( 1937 )
- Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal ( 1953 )
- Medal of Military Valour ( Italy )
Engraving on reverse of Victoria Cross:
TEMP. 2ND. LT. T.E. ADLAM
7TH. BN. BEDFORDSHIRE R.
27 & 28
SEP.
1916
Education - Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury,
Joined the territorial Force Sept. 1912
Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Bedfordshire Regiment in Nov. 1915, joining the regiment at Sittingbourne, Kenmt.
Trained as Bombing Officer
Joined the 7th Battalion at the battle of the Somme in the field on the 18th July 1916, posted to C Company.
After he had recovered from his wounds he was transferred into the newly formed Royal Air Force and ready for embarkation to Singapore when news of the Armistice came.
After the war he served in Ireland and continued to have connections with Sandy in Bedfordshire, where he was the first chairman of the local British Legion branch between 1922 and 1926. Later he moved back to Wiltshire and became headmaster of the village school in Blackmoor, Hampshire, where he lived with his wife Ivy and their four children.
World War 2 saw him recalled, serving in the Royal Engineers movement control section as Embarkation Commandant at Tilbury, and later in Glasgow, after which he returned to family life.
References, Sources and Further Reading
- WIKI Lieut. Tom Edwin Adlam
- The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 20 2016, 14:56:14 UTC
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Lt Col Tom Edwin Adlam's Timeline
| 1893 |
October 21, 1893
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, England UK
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| 1918 |
May 1, 1918
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Cambridge RD, Cambridgeshire, England UK
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| 1923 |
1923
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Farnham RD, Surrey, England UK
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| 1924 |
1924
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Biggleswade RD, Bedfordshire, England UK
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| 1975 |
May 28, 1975
Age 81
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Hayling Island, Hampshire, England UK
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