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MS Eustace George P
Private 101789 Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)
Eustace was born 1884 at Great Casterton near Stamford.
His parents were James and Henrietta Adams. James was a
farmer and, before joining up, Eustace worked for him.
The only surviving military records are on the medal cards. He
does not have the 1915 Star so we can conclude that he joined
up late in 1915 or when conscription began in January 1916.
It is unlikely that he would have gone straight in to the Machine
Gun Corps but was probably selected after initial training. To be
in the MGC you had to be of above- average fitness and also
have a mechanical aptitude to be able to deal with the machine
when it jammed etc.
He would have been part of a six- man crew servicing one gun.
The most senior man would control the trigger; the number
two fed the band of bullets and the rest brought boxes of
ammunition to the guns. It was with good reason that the MGC
was nicknamed ‘The Suicide Club’.
In 1916 he went with his regiment to Ireland where uprisings
were taking place. Eustace survived the war and died at
Stamford in 1955 aged 70.
ADAMS F
Mentioned in Rev Bryan’s extracts from local newspapers as a volunteer
in the New Army, which was created when WW1 was declared.
ADAMS F
Major in the Regular Army.
Mentioned in Rev Bryan’s extracts from local papers.
ADAMS James R
Private 3709 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
James had been in the Northampton Territorials for 12 years prior to
the war but signed up again on 22nd December 1914 after war was
declared. He did not go abroad and was released in March 1915 as
being medically unfit. His conduct was declared to be very good.
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Private 101789 Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)
Eustace was born 1884 at Great Casterton near Stamford.
His parents were James and Henrietta Adams. James was a
farmer and, before joining up, Eustace worked for him.
The only surviving military records are on the medal cards. He
does not have the 1915 Star so we can conclude that he joined
up late in 1915 or when conscription began in January 1916.
It is unlikely that he would have gone straight in to the Machine
Gun Corps but was probably selected after initial training. To be
in the MGC you had to be of above- average fitness and also
have a mechanical aptitude to be able to deal with the machine
when it jammed etc.
He would have been part of a six- man crew servicing one gun.
The most senior man would control the trigger; the number
two fed the band of bullets and the rest brought boxes of
ammunition to the guns. It was with good reason that the MGC
was nicknamed ‘The Suicide Club’.
In 1916 he went with his regiment to Ireland where uprisings
were taking place. Eustace survived the war and died at
Stamford in 1955 aged 70.
ADAMS F
Mentioned in Rev Bryan’s extracts from local newspapers as a volunteer
in the New Army, which was created when WW1 was declared.
ADAMS F
Major in the Regular Army.
Mentioned in Rev Bryan’s extracts from local papers.
ADAMS James R
Private 3709 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
James had been in the Northampton Territorials for 12 years prior to
the war but signed up again on 22nd December 1914 after war was
declared. He did not go abroad and was released in March 1915 as
being medically unfit. His conduct was declared to be very good.
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