Parson who Won the Victoria Cross.
The Rev. James Williams Adams, who has been presented to the living of Stow Bardolph-with - Wimbofcabam, Norfolk, is the only clergyman who possesses the covotad decoration of the Victoria Cross. He was recommended for thab distinction by Lord Roberts. The Irish Commander-in-Chief, who was then Sir Frederick Roberts, was himself a witness of the heroic deed which deserved ib. The occasion was the babble before Cabul on December llbh, 1879. The Afghans were swarmiog round the gone, and the 9&h Lancers had charged them and recharged them. One of their number, however —a very young fellow, who had been severely wounded — fell from exhaustion, and was in imminent danger of losing his life. Seeing this, ' Parson' Adams sprang from his horse and ran to his assistance, and carried the young fellow to a place of safety. As he was returning to his horse he noticed two lancers drowning in a watercourse with their horses on top of them. The Afghans were close upon him, bub he ran down and gave a helping hand to either, with the result that both were saved. .
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 56, 7 March 1896, Page 1 (Supplement)
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