CEF Soldier Detail

Private Irvin St.Clair Adams
Died: June 14, 1918

Regimental Number:
733656
Survived War:
 No
Force:
 Army
Regiment:
 Canadian Infantry
Battalion:
 25th Battalion
Company:
Place of Birth:
Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
Country:
 Canada
Next of Kin:
Mrs May Dorey, mother, Mahone bay, NS
Address at Enlistment:
Mahone Bay
Date of Birth:
July 10, 1897
Trade or Calling:
fisherman
Marital Status:
 Single
Prior Military Experience:
No
Place of Enlistment:
 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
December 29, 1915
Age at enlistment:
18
Height:
 5 Feet 8 Inches
Chest:
 36 Inches
Expansion:
 3 Inches
Religion:
 Lutheran
Enlisted or Conscripted:
 Enlisted
Saw service in:
Europe    
Cause of Death:
Died of Wounds
Battle Died/Wounded:
defence of Arras
Date of Death:
June 14, 1918
Age at Death:
20
Buried at:
 Wailly Orchard Cemetery, France
Plot:
 2 H 22
Commemorated:
 Mahone Bay, NS
 
Prisoner of war:
Not Specified
Interned:
Gender:
 Male
Ethnic Origin:
Not Specified
LAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 30 - 9
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Research Notes
Irvin was probaly one of 22 men wounded on 13 June 1918 during a reconnaisance patrol or one of 21 men wounded on a similar patrol the night before (12 June 1918)...he probably died of wounds
Rank Regiment Unit Company
Private Canadian Infantry 25th Battalion
Private Canadian Infantry 112th Battalion

Private Irvin St. Clair Adams was born in Mahone Bay on 10 July 1897. He was the son of the Henry and Mary Adams, of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia (it appears that  Henry Adams had died when Irvin was young and that Mary remarried a man named Dorey). Irvin and another 18-year-old, Dennis Barry, enlisted together in Lunenburg on 29 December 1915. Dennis was given the service number 733655 and Irvin, who was standing next in line, was given 733656. During the 2nd Battle of Arras the battalion sent out reconnaissance patrols on the nights of 12 and 13 June 1918.  Twenty-one  men would be wounded on the 12 June patrol and 22 men would be wounded on the 13 June action – Irvine was one of the wounded. He would die of his wounds on 14 June 1918 (two days after Halton Dorey).