William Boyden Adams MC

Rank:

Captain

Unit at enlistment:

91st Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Ontario

Awards or decorations:

Military Cross

Commemorated at:

Ancient Order of Foresters

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

317 Victoria Street, Chatham, Ontario

Next of kin address:

317 Victoria Street, Chatham, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Architect

Employer:

Adams and Adams, Architects, Chatham, Ontario

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Gallantry medals:

Yes

Letters and documents

London Gazette: 30716
Date: June 3, 1918
Honour or Award: Military Cross
Name: William Boyden Adams (Captain)
Unit: 1st Battalion

BX January 25, 1958

William Boyden Adams

The funeral for Captain William B. Adams, MC, who died in St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, was conducted this morning at the Killingsworth Funeral Home there. Interment was in Chatham. Mr. Adams was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George E. Adams, of Brantford. He was a veteran of the First World War, serving overseas and in Canada during the Second World War. Surviving besides his widow, the former May Fielding, is one daughter, Nanett; two brothers, Charles of Chatham and J. Whitney of Detroit; one sister, Mrs. Thomas (Miriam) Cottier, of California; three nephews, Gordon H., secretary of the Brantford and Suburban Planning Board, F. Porter of Brantford, and Reginald J. of Paris, two brothers and one sister predeceased him.