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Fireman James Adam

Mercantile Marine Reserve HMS Viknor

from:Jarrow

(d.13th Jan 1915)

Brass plaque on the Palmer Cenotaph (west face) Jarrow

James Adam served as a Fireman onboard HMS Viknor with the Mercantile Marine Reserve. He was aged 30 when he died on 13th January 1915. He was the son of Roland A. Adam and Mary Jane Adam of Jarrow and husband of Amy Adam (nee Humfress) of 61 South Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census, James Adam age 26 is recorded as a Ship Platers Helper in Shipyard living with his wife Amy and children at 44 Nixon Street, Jarrow.

James is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial and commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (plaque on west face) Jarrow and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.

James Adam commemorated on family grave at Jarrow Cemetery



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