St Mary's Churchyard - Ashwell
Afghanistan (19th C)
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ContributeDulled metal plaque edged in metal on stone base. Sited on gravel to front of WMP1130. Unveiled 30 September 2007
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St Mary's Churchyard - Ashwell
Grid Reference: SK8647913769
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Inscription Reads
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE
REVD. JW ADAMS MA VC
CHAPLAIN IN ORDINARY TO HM THE KING
AND FOR A SHORT TIME RECTOR OF THIS PARISH.
BORN NOV. 24TH 1839 - DIED OCT. 20TH 1903
LATE CHAPLAIN TO THE KABUL FIELD FORCE,
BENGAL ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT
DURING THE ACTION AT KILLA KAZI, ON THE 11TH DECEMBER 1879,
SOME MEN OF THE 9TH LANCERS HAVING FALLEN, WITH THEIR HORSES,
INTO A WIDE AND DEEP NULLAH, OR DITCH, AND THE ENEMY BEING CLOSE
UPON THEM, THE REVEREND JW ADAMS RUSHED INTO THE WATER WHICH
FILLED THE DITCH, DRAGGED THE HORSES FROM OFF THE MEN, UPON WHEM THEY
WERE LYING, AND EXTRICATED THEM, HE BEING AT THE TIME UNDER A HEAVY FIRE
AND UP TO HIS WAIST IN WATER. AT THIS TIME THE AFHGANS WERE PRESSING
ON VERY RAPIDLY, THE LEADING MEN GETTING WITHIN A FEW YARDS OF
MR ADAMS, WHO, HAVING LET GO HIS HORSE IN ORDER TO
TENDER MORE EFFECTUAL ASSISTANCE, HAD EVENTUALLY TO ESCAPE ON FOOT.
THE LONDON GAZETTE, 26TH AUGUST 1881