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Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment, late Chaplain to the Kabul Field Force, The Reverend J. W. Adams | Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment, late Chaplain to the Kabul Field Force, The Reverend J. W. Adams | ||
During the action at Killa Kazi, on the 11th December, 1879, some men of the 9th Lancers having fallen, with their horses, into a wide and deep "[[nullah]]" or ditch, and the enemy being close upon them, the Reverend J. W. Adams rushed into the water (which filled the ditch), dragged the horses from off the men upon whom they were lying, and extricated them, he being at the time under a heavy fire, and up to his waist in water. | During the action at Killa Kazi, on the 11th December, 1879, some men of the [[9th Queen's Royal Lancers|9th Lancers]] having fallen, with their horses, into a wide and deep "[[nullah]]" or ditch, and the enemy being close upon them, the Reverend J. W. Adams rushed into the water (which filled the ditch), dragged the horses from off the men upon whom they were lying, and extricated them, he being at the time under a heavy fire, and up to his waist in water. | ||
At this time the Afghans were pressing on very rapidly, the leading men getting within a few yards of Mr. Adams, who having let go his horse in order to render more effectual assistance, had eventually to escape on foot.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25008|page=4393|date=26 August 1881}}</ref>}} | At this time the Afghans were pressing on very rapidly, the leading men getting within a few yards of Mr. Adams, who having let go his horse in order to render more effectual assistance, had eventually to escape on foot.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25008|page=4393|date=26 August 1881}}</ref>}} | ||
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Adams was appointed an [[Ecclesiastical Household|honorary chaplain]] to the [[Prince of Wales]] on 7 May 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27190|page=2920|date=8 May 1900}}</ref> and following the Prince's accession as [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]] he was confirmed in the post of honorary chaplain to the King on 23 July 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27336|pages=4838–4839|date=23 July 1901}}</ref> After the resignation of Reverend [[Handley Moule]] to become bishop in September 1901, Adams was appointed one of twelve [[Ecclesiastical Household|chaplains-in-ordinary]] to the King.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27370 |page=7045 |date=1 November 1901}}</ref> | Adams was appointed an [[Ecclesiastical Household|honorary chaplain]] to the [[Prince of Wales]] on 7 May 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27190|page=2920|date=8 May 1900}}</ref> and following the Prince's accession as [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]] he was confirmed in the post of honorary chaplain to the King on 23 July 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27336|pages=4838–4839|date=23 July 1901}}</ref> After the resignation of Reverend [[Handley Moule]] to become bishop in September 1901, Adams was appointed one of twelve [[Ecclesiastical Household|chaplains-in-ordinary]] to the King.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27370 |page=7045 |date=1 November 1901}}</ref> | ||
Adams died on 20 October 1903 and was buried on 24 October in the | Adams died on 20 October 1903 and was buried on 24 October in the churchyard of [[St Mary's Church, Ashwell, Rutland]] where he was rector. His grave was restored in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stamfordtoday.co.uk/news/War-hero39s-memorial-is-restored.3251498.jp |title=War hero's memorial is restored |newspaper=Rutland and Stamford Mercury |date=2 October 2007 |access-date=4 June 2008 |archive-date=4 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004074428/http://www.stamfordtoday.co.uk/news/War-hero39s-memorial-is-restored.3251498.jp |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
[[File:The grave of James Adams VC in the churchyard of St Mary's, Ashwell.jpg|thumb|The grave of James Adams in the churchyard of [[St Mary's Church, Ashwell, Rutland|St Mary's, Ashwell]]]] | [[File:The grave of James Adams VC in the churchyard of St Mary's, Ashwell.jpg|thumb|The grave of James Adams in the churchyard of [[St Mary's Church, Ashwell, Rutland|St Mary's, Ashwell]]]] | ||
On 16 August 1881 at [[Iver Heath]], he married Alice Mary, eldest daughter of [[Sir Thomas Willshire, 1st Baronet]]; they had a daughter, Edith who married [[Geoffry Northcote]]. | On 16 August 1881 at [[Iver Heath]], he married Alice Mary, eldest daughter of [[Sir Thomas Willshire, 1st Baronet]]; they had a daughter, Edith, who married [[Geoffry Northcote]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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