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Reference: 26396
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Mr Leith.
Reference: 26439b
Mr Leith....
Mr Leith.
Reference: 26439a
Mr Leith....
Major General Sir Robert Bellew Adams VC KCB, was born in Muree in the Punjab, India, on 26th July 1856. He was the son of Lt.-Col. Robert Roy Adams (of Forres) and Frances Charlotte Caroline Bellew (of Soulby), and was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He served in India and Afghanistan and was appointed ADC to HM King Edward VII. In November 1908 he was compelled to resign after a serious injury to his spine resulting from a riding accident. Invalided out of the Army he retired in December 1911. His father had been District Commissioner of Peshawar who was assassinated by Musselmen fanatics in 1864. His mother died in 1903. Adams was the second cousin of Edward Donald Bellew, also a VC winner, and his surviving niece was Mrs Evan M. Barron, of Oaklands. In 1911 he was living at 35 Alma Road, St.Albans, Hertfordshire, England. He made a will on 26th January 1928 and died on 13th February 1928 at age 71 at Reay House, Inverness, Scotland. His heirs were his sisters, Ismay Bellew Adams Logan and Emily Anne Erskine Adams McPherson. General Adams is buried in Tomnahurich Cemetery.
Reference: 26437
Major General Sir Robert Belle...
John Hugh, Rosemount Infant Home.
Reference: 26421b
John Hugh, Rosemount Infant Ho...
Ian Hugh, Rosemount Infant Home.
Reference: 26421a
Ian Hugh, Rosemount Infant Hom...
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Reference: 26438
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Mr Brown, Culmaily, Golspie.
Reference: 26582
Mr Brown, Culmaily, Golspie. ...
Mr Bruen.
Reference: 26554
Mr Bruen....
Joseph Simpson, Aberdeen. November 1929.
Reference: 28045a
Joseph Simpson, Aberdeen. Nove...
Joseph Simpson, Aberdeen. November 1929.
Reference: 28045b
Joseph Simpson, Aberdeen. Nove...
Joseph Simpson, Aberdeen. November 1929.
Reference: 28045c
Joseph Simpson, Aberdeen. Nove...