Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of James Adams, a brick maker, born 1847 in Foleshill, Warwickshire and his wife Mary Ann Adams (nee Hastings, married in the 3rd quarter of 1870 in the Leicester district), born 1845 in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Edward, a schoolboy was born in the 1st quarter of 1882 in Leicester, his siblings were, John, a porter, born 1874, Elizabeth, a schoolgirl, born 1886 and James, born 1887, the latter three siblings were all born in Leicester, also residing with the family was Edward’s maternal Grandmother Elizabeth Hastings, born 1820 in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, in April 1891 the family home was in Brook Street, Leicester. In March 1901 Edward was absent from the family home at 23, Lorrimer Road, Leicester, residing there was his father, a brick maker, his step mother, Jessie Adams, a hosiery Griswold worker (formerly Ellis, married in the 3rd quarter of 1895 in the Leicester district), born 1862 in Groby, Leicestershire, and his siblings, Elizabeth, a shoe trade fitter, James, a shoe trade skiver, and his half blood siblings, Frank, born 1897 and Samuel, born 1899, both siblings were born in Leicester. In April 1911 Edward was employed as a shoe trade worker and was residing in the family home at 20, Friday Street, Leicester, together with his father, a brick maker and his step mother and his siblings, John, a shoe trade worker and Elizabeth, a shoe trade machinist, also residing in the family home were Edward’s, half blood siblings, James, a bottle washer and Samuel, a schoolboy. In the 2nd quarter of 1916 in the Leicester district, Edward married Nellie Astill Blockley. In the 3rd quarter of 1919 in the Leicester district, Edward’s widow married Harry H. Jones.
NOTE: (The family information collated from census returns, birth, marriage and death records, although appearing to relate to this casualty, cannot be fully and conclusively corroborated with presently available information, and therefore may not relate to this casualty and/or his family.).
The War Diary records: 22 Mar-18 – METZ EN CENTURE. At 5.00am the situation being quiet Companies of the 47th Battalion moved off being guided to the right and left Company Headquarters by guides provided from men of No.2 MACHINE GUN BATTALION who had come out of the trenches on the night of the 20th/21st. There was a thick mist during the early part of the day which assisted in carrying out the relief. The enemy was shelling back areas but not heavily on our front although there was considerable shelling to the North and South. The relief took a considerable time but was finally completed about 2.00pm all men of No.2 Battalion having reached camp by 3.00pm. At all positions taken over by No.47 Battalion belt boxes and tripods were handed over to relieving team a corresponding number of these being drawn from 47th Battalion at ROQUIGNY. This made it possible to do without transport the men carrying the guns and other equipment back to camp from the trenches. There are however considerable disadvantages in this system as when the Battalion arrived in camp at ROQUIGNY late in the evening the belt boxes and tripods required distributing. In cases where positions were not handed over to the 47th Battalion everything had to be carried and these were dumped at a quarry about 4000 yards behind the front line a single limber being sent up twice during quiet periods of the day to bring them back. The relief was carried out successfully without any casualties and all belt boxes, guns etc got back to camp with the exception of 150 belt boxes which were brought back to Company Headquarters in the line and handed over to the 47th Battalion arrangements being made for that Battalion to bring them back to camp. Owing to situation later and a further withdrawal of the line this could not be done. On arrival in camp after relief all men were given a good dinner, tea and rum and after a short rest started on the march by section to ROQUIGNY a distance of about 10 miles. This march of course was very trying on the men who had been in the trenches for the last fortnight practically without relief, exposed for considerable periods at frequent intervals to poison gas and finally a heavy bombardment and an enemy attack and then a long trying relief and carrying their guns out of the trenches. Nearly all the officers and other ranks had lost their voices owing to the effects of the poison gas. No man however fell out on the march. The total casualties during the last few days were 1 other rank killed and 4 wounded. Two of these casualties occurred at Battalion Headquarters which the enemy shelled especially on the 21st inst. The gun positions in the trenches escaped the enemy bombardment except in the case of two guns in the forward area on WELSH RIDGE which had all been sited near the entrance to dugouts. In two cases shell hole positions only had been made and these appeared from results to be a useful type of emplacement. After they were made they were sprinkled over with cut grass to camouflage them.
ROQUIGNY. 4 sections had been organised from the details in camp at ROQUIGNY. Two of these were ordered to join the 99th Infantry Brigade at HANANCOURT and two the 6th Infantry Brigade near HAPLINCOURT. Two more sections were organised later and sent to join 5th Infantry Brigade at BARASTRE. These sections were composed almost entirely of reinforcements who had just joined the Battalion and were composed of men of all Companies.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Edward Adams lived on Friday Street as a young man; we feel that he is likely to be the indivisual listed as E. Adams on the Belgrave Working Mens Club Memorial