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John Adam

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S.S. War Patrol. Image courtesy of Shipwrecked Mariners Society

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no:
  • Rank: Able Seaman
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: S.S. War Patrol
  • Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
  • Place of Death: Lost at Sea
  • Age at Death: 35
  • Date of Death: 10/08/1917
  • Burial Country:
  • Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: Whites Building, William Street, Tayport.
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Elizabeth Adam

  • Father:

    Thomas Adam

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Annie Ritchie Robertson Adam

  • Children:

More about John Adam

John Adam was the son of Mr Thomas and Mrs Elizabeth Adam. He was married to Mrs Annie Ritchie Robertson Adam of Whites Building, William Street, Tayport and was born in Dundee. The SS War Patrol was a 1,800 ton steam cargo ship completed in 1917 by Detroit Shipbuilding Co. of Wyandotte, Michigan for the British Government Shipping Controller. She sank on 10 August 1917 after striking a mine laid by the German submarine UC-69, approximately one mile West of Penmarc’h in Brittany, France. She was en route from Barry to an unknown destination with a cargo of coal. John Adam is named on the Tower Hill Memorial in London. Thirteen people on board lost their lives in the sinking and there is a report in Peoples Journal of 10 August 1918.

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