Robert Bellew Adams
Robert Bellew Adams | |
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service | Bengal Army British Indian Army |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles / wars | Second Anglo-Afghan War Chitral Expedition Tirah Campaign |
| Awards | Victoria Cross Order of the Bath |
| Relations | Edward Donald Bellew VC (second cousin) |
Major General Sir Robert Bellew Adams VC KCB (Muree, Punjab, India, 26 July 1856 - 13 February 1928, Inverness) was a Scottish 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.
Adams was 41 years old, and a Brevet Lieutenant Colonel in the Staff Corps and Corps of Guides, British Indian Army during the Tirah Campaign, India when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:
Action
On 11 August 1897 at Nawa Kili, Upper Swat, India, Lieutenant Colonel Adams, with two other officers (Viscount, Alexander Edward Murray Fincastle and Hector Lachlan Stewart MacLean) and five men of the Guides, went under a heavy and close fire, to the rescue of a lieutenant of the Lancashire Fusiliers who was lying disabled by a bullet wound and surrounded by enemy swordsmen. While the wounded officer was being brought under cover he was unfortunately killed by a bullet.
During the fighting at Nawa Bali, in Upper Swat, on the 17th August, 1897, Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Adams proceeded with Lieutenants H. L. S. MacLean and Viscount Fincastle, and five men of the Guides, under a very heavy and close fire, to the rescue of Lieutenant R. T. Greaves, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was lying disabled by a bullet wound and surrounded by the enemy's swordsmen. In bringing him under cover he (Lieutenant Greaves) was struck by a bullet and killed — Lieutenant MacLean was mortally wounded — whilst the horses of Lieutenant-Colonel Adams and Lieutenant Viscount Fincastle were shot, as well as two troop horses.[1]
He was the second cousin of Edward Donald Bellew, VC.
References
- ^ "No. 26908". The London Gazette. 9 November 1897.
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)
- Find-A-Grave site
External links
- Burial location of Robert Adams (Glasgow)
- British recipients of the Victoria Cross
- 1856 births
- 1928 deaths
- British Indian Army generals
- British military personnel of the Tirah Campaign
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Corps of Guides (India) officers
- British military personnel of the Chitral Expedition
- British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
- Indian Staff Corps officers
- Suffolk Regiment officers