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1890

sibling Alfred George Adams Source:9464946 23rd July 1890

1894

birth 35 East Street, Southsea, Hampshire United Kingdom Source:9464927 5th January 1894

1894

location 35 East Street, Southsea, Hampshire United Kingdom their own address Source:9464927 5th January 1894

1901

location 11 Rye Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire United Kingdom their own address Source:9464946 31st March 1901

1903

sibling Ruby May Adams Source:9464927 17th December 1903

1905

education Greenwich Hospital School Greenwich, London United Kingdom Source:9542554 9th February 1905 - 6th June 1908

1905

location Greenwich Hospital School, Greenwich, Kent United Kingdom Source:9595717 11th April 1905 - 6th June 1908

1911

employment Assisting father, a Publican Father Great Western - Portsmouth - Hampshire United Kingdom Source:9464977 2nd April 1911

1911

location Great Western, 1 Delhi Street, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire United Kingdom their own address Source:9464977 2nd April 1911

1914

service British Army Trooper 1738 Sussex Yeomanry Source:9593892 February 1914 - April 1916

1914

employment Trooper British Army Canterbury, Kent United Kingdom Source:9482310 13th October 1914

1914

location Maxim Gun Section, Sussex Yeomanry, Milestone Farm, Patrixbourne, Kent United Kingdom away from home address Source:9482310 13th October 1914

1915

marriage Kate Agnes - Kitty Hitchens Source:9464994 16th September 1915 - 3rd March 1931

1915

location HMT Olympic United Kingdom Source:9595660 23rd September 1915 - 4th October 1915

1915

theatres Gallipoli :2b Source:9464935 7th October 1915 - 31st December 1915

1916

service British Army 56121 Machine Gun Corps 3rd Dismounted Brigade Machine Gun Squadron Source:9464935 18th April 1916 - 9th April 1917

1917

service British Army Sergeant 56121 Machine Gun Corps 209 Machine Gun Company Source:9464935 10th April 1917 - 10th April 1918

1918

service British Army Sergeant 56121 Machine Gun Corps 74 Machine Gun Battalion Source:9464935 11th April 1918 - 14th February 1919

1918

theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9464935 7th May 1918 - 14th February 1919

1919

discharge Source:9465441 14th February 1919

1919

children Dorothy Rita Adams Source:9465405 11th March 1919

1919

location 57 Newhall Road, Swindon, Wiltshire United Kingdom parents address Source:9465405 11th March 1919

1919

employment Licensed Victualler Unknown Swindon Wiltshire United Kingdom Source:9465441 14th March 1919 - 30th June 1919

1919

employment Police Constable / 2nd Class Sergeant C.I.D. Metropolitan Police London United Kingdom Source:9465441 30th June 1919 - 14th January 1937

1923

location 41a Valletta Road, Acton Vale, London United Kingdom their own address Source:9465423 1923 - 1930

1930

location 109 Knollys Road, Streatham, London United Kingdom their own address Source:9465423 1930 - 1930

1930

location 41a Thurlby Road, West Norwood, London United Kingdom their own address Source:9465460 1930 - 1932

1931

marriage Muriel Agnes Lagden Source:9464994 4th December 1931 - 21st January 1950

1932

location 202 Erith Road, Bexleyheath, Kent United Kingdom their own address Source:9465481 1932 - 1950

1937

employment Private Detective Self Bexleyheath, Kent United Kingdom Source:9465481 1937 - 1950

1939

employment "Principal" Detective Bureau (Ex-CID) Self Catford, Kent United Kingdom Source:9465502 20th September 1939

1939

location 202 Erith Road, Crayford, Kent United Kingdom their own address Source:9465502 29th September 1939

1940

service British Army Local Defence Volunteers 56a Battalion Kent/County of London (Erith) Source:9465512 29th May 1940 - 3rd June 1941

employment Private Detective Self - Adams Detective Bureau Bexleyheath - Kent United Kingdom Source:9464932

1950

death Not War Related Coronary Thrombosis at home 202 Erith Road, Barnehurst, Crayford, Kent United Kingdom Source:9464932 21st March 1950

burial Honor Oak Crematorium Non-War Cemetery Brockley Way - London United Kingdom Source:9593952

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Names

Type	Name
First Names	Philip Edward
Initials	PE
Last Name	Adams
Source	9464927

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date
109 Knollys Road, Streatham, London	United Kingdom	their own address	1930 - 1930
11 Rye Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire	United Kingdom	their own address	31st March 1901
202 Erith Road, Bexleyheath, Kent	United Kingdom	their own address	1932 - 1950
202 Erith Road, Crayford, Kent	United Kingdom	their own address	known 29th September 1939
35 East Street, Southsea, Hampshire	United Kingdom	their own address	5th January 1894
41a Thurlby Road, West Norwood, London	United Kingdom	their own address	1930 - 1932
41a Valletta Road, Acton Vale, London	United Kingdom	their own address	1923 - 1930
57 Newhall Road, Swindon, Wiltshire	United Kingdom	parents address	known 11th March 1919
Great Western, 1 Delhi Street, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire	United Kingdom	their own address	known 2nd April 1911
Greenwich Hospital School, Greenwich, Kent	United Kingdom		11th April 1905 - 6th June 1908
HMT Olympic	United Kingdom		23rd September 1915 - 4th October 1915
Maxim Gun Section, Sussex Yeomanry, Milestone Farm, Patrixbourne, Kent	United Kingdom	away from home address	known 13th October 1914

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	1738	Sussex Yeomanry		Trooper
British Army	56121	Machine Gun Corps	3rd Dismounted Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
British Army	56121	Machine Gun Corps	209 Machine Gun Company	Sergeant
British Army		Local Defence Volunteers	56a Battalion Kent/County of London (Erith)
British Army	56121	Machine Gun Corps	74 Machine Gun Battalion	Sergeant

Awards

Award	Type	Source
1914/15 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Children

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Dorothy Rita Adams	daughter	11th March 1919

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Maria White	mother
Alfred Adams	father

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Alfred George Adams	brother	23rd July 1890
Ruby May Adams	sister	17th December 1903

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Kate Agnes - Kitty Hitchens	wife	16th September 1915
Muriel Agnes Lagden	wife	4th December 1931

Media

Birth Certificate

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Philip Edward Adams

In uniform. Trooper Sussex Yeomanry

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Death Certificate

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Medal Card

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1901 Census

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1911 Census

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Marriage Certificate

Details marriage to Kitty Hitchens

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Philip Edward Adams as a young man

Photograph taken in a studio. Philip is dressed in civilian clothes.

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Philip Edward Adams and his father and brother

In the centre is Alfred Adams (Master at Arms RN). Philip stands to his right and Alfred George to his left.

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Birth Certificate of Dorothy Rita Adams

Details of birth

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Education

The National Archives. Call Number ADM161/13/1 Register of Candidates for Admission to Greenwich Hospital School

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Freemason

Letter from Library and Museum of the United Grand Lodge of England.

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Metropolitan Police Central Record of Service

Details the Metropolitan Police career of Philip Edward Adams

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41a Thurlby Road

Dorothy Rita Adams and a friend outside 41a Thurlby Road. In all probability Philip's car is also visible.

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Business Card

Philip ran the Adams Detective Bureau

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1939 Register

National Identity Card Register 29 September 1939

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Home Guard

Form of Enrolment in the Local Defence Volunteers (Home Guard)

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Machine Gun Firing

Trooper Philip Edward Adams firing a Maxim machine-gun. Postcard by G. Pearson, 30 Vicarage Road, Hastings

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Machine Gun Section 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry

Group photograph. The Officer by be Lieutenant Roland Clive Wallace Burn. Philip Edward Adams is seated at far right. John Harding Thomson is seated 4th from left. Pair of Maxim machine-guns to the front. Post Card. G Pearson, Photographer, 30 Vicarage Rd, Hastings.

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Time to relax

Trooper Philip Edward Adams, with dog on shoulder, and other members of Sussex Yeomanry outside a shed. Post Card. G Pearson, Photographer, 30 Vicarage Rd, Hastings

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Ready to ride!

Trooper Philip Edward Adams, Sussex Yeomanry, in uniform and mounted on a horse. Post Card.

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Sergeants All.

Back row, second from left: Sergeant Philip Edward Adams. Middle row, second from left: Sergeant Stan Ellis. Front row, second from left: Jack H Thomson. Carte Postale. R Guilleminot, Boesflug et Cie – Paris. W Jacob

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Sergeant Philip Edward Adams

Sergeant Philip Edward Adams. Machine Gun Corps. Tropical uniform. Carte Postale

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Sergeant Philip Edward Adams

In uniform, Machine Gun Corps. Post Card.

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Corporal Philip Edward Adams

Corporal Adams, and four others in uniform of Machine Gun Corps. Photograph.

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Calf joins the Company.

Sergeant Philip Edward Adams holds on to the calf with a Sergeant and Corporal nearby. Caption: "The calf we found in some ruins." Photograph

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Still holding on to the calf.

Sergeant Philip Edward Adams, holding the calf, with members of his section. Caption: “This was taken the day after we were nearly captured by the Turks. Dec 18th 1917”. Photograph.

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Nebi Samwil Mosque

The ruins of Nebi Samwil Mosque. Caption: “This is the remains of ‘Nebi Samwil Mosque’ 3000’ high. It was from here where I was with two guns, when we captured Jerusalem one gun team was buried by a dud shell. This was the site where Samuel was supposed to be buried”. Photograph.

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Brothers

Seated: Alfred George Dams. Standing: Philip Edward Adams. Both in civilian clothes. Post Card.

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Relaxing in the garden

Philip Edward Adams relaxing on a garden seat with dog. Photograph

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Dog Racing

It is thought Philip enjoyed dog racing at Catford. Here he standing behind the greyhound with cigar in mouth. Photograph: John Topham, 1 Birchwood Avenue, Sidcup, Kent

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Philip and wife

Kate (Kitty) Agnes Adams (nee Hitchens) and Philip Edward Adams at the coast.

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Philip's family

Philip Edward Adams with his wife, Kate (Kitty) Agnes Hitchens and daughter Dorothy Rita Adams. Photograph.

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Postcard from father

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Medal Roll for 1914/15 Star

Details of award of 1914/15 Star

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Service Medal Roll

Service Medal Roll for Victory and British War Medals

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Cremation

Letter from Southwark Cemeteries & Crematorium

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Dog Racing

Dog Racing at Catford. Philip Edward Adams standing at the back

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Later in Life

Philip Edward Adams in later life

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Philip Edward Adams

Portrait of Philip Edward Adams in civilian clothes

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HMT Olympic

HMT Olympic in dazzle camouflage while in service as a troopship during the First World War. Stripped of her peacetime fittings and armed with 12-pounders and 4.7-inch guns, Olympic was converted to a troopship, with the capacity to transport up to 6,000 troops.

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The Royal Hospital School training ship 'Fame'

The Royal Hospital School training ship 'Fame' with boys climbing the rigging. The 'Fame' was used for instruction in practical seamanship. H1277 - National Maritime Museum, London. Early 20th century.

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1911 Census	Ian155640
Marriage Certificate	Ian155640
Philip Edward Adams as a young man	Ian155640
Philip Edward Adams and his father and brother	Ian155640
Birth Certificate of Dorothy Rita Adams	Ian155640
Education	Ian155640
Freemason	Ian155640
Metropolitan Police Central Record of Service	Ian155640
41a Thurlby Road	Ian155640
Business Card	Ian155640
1939 Register	Ian155640
Home Guard	Ian155640
Machine Gun Firing	Ian155640
Machine Gun Section 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry	Ian155640
Time to relax	Ian155640
Ready to ride!	Ian155640
Sergeants All.	Ian155640
Sergeant Philip Edward Adams	Ian155640
Sergeant Philip Edward Adams	Ian155640
Corporal Philip Edward Adams	Ian155640
Calf joins the Company.	Ian155640
Still holding on to the calf.	Ian155640
Nebi Samwil Mosque	Ian155640
Brothers	Ian155640
Relaxing in the garden	Ian155640
Dog Racing	Ian155640
Philip and wife	Ian155640
Philip's family	Ian155640
Postcard from father	Ian155640
Medal Roll for 1914/15 Star	Ian155640
Service Medal Roll	Ian155640
Cremation	Ian155640
Dog Racing	Ian155640
Later in Life	Ian155640
Philip Edward Adams	Ian155640
HMT Olympic	Ian155640
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