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A Canadian cemetery outside of Arras, France... https://imgur.com/a/7mRJQPUThis post is in memory of Robert Adams... Who when asked his occupation, replied... Soldier...
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The Very Human Story of Robert Adams...
- born in 1875 and raised as a Texas Cowboy...
- learned some law and courtroom procedure by clerking for a traveling Texas State Court judge...
- joined the U.S. Army around 1900...shipped to the Philippines...fought in the Moro War...promoted to the rank of sergeant...
- very unusual for one with only a few years of service...
- served ten years or so on garrison duty at various army posts in Texas...
- during that times promoted to 2nd lieutenant, and served as legal council to enlisted personnel under military trial...
- participated in U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico...
- fast forward to the hurricane of 1915 that devastated Galveston, Texas.....
- Lt Adams was found to be absent without leave and intoxicated...
- He was charged and scheduled for court martial trial...
- Knowing his obvious indefensible guilt and knowing that he would be broken to private and most likely sent to Leavenworth prison...
- where there were many men imprisoned, who he had failed to successfully defend...
- he then took the most logical step... and deserted the U.S. Army...and fled to Canada...
- after arrival in Toronto in 1915, Robert enlisted in a newly forming Canadian Army unit, the 97th Battalion, aka known as "The America, Legion"...
- An effort to recruit U.S. citizens, exclusively...look it up...
- upon realizing Robert was a veteran soldier, with 15 years of experience, he was commissioned, with the rank of Senior Major...
- talk about being in the right place at the right time...
- after basic training, the 97th was sent to Nova Scotia, for advanced training...
- ie: trench warfare...
- after realizing what they had signed up for...about half of the 97th deserted...
- after arrival in England, the 97th was disbanded, with the remaining officers and men assigned to a replacement battalion...
- it so happens that the Second Canadian Mounted Rifles were in need of a Senior Major...
- now one should know that the 2CMR had been dehorsed and turned into infantry...
- Robert served in the trenches as Senior Major of the 2CMR until sometime in 1917...
- when...he was again found to be intoxicated on a regular basis...
. instead of dishonorable discharge, Major Adams was diagnosed with shell shock, and sent to a rehab hospital in England, where he was discharged from the Canadian Army...
- shortly after returning to the U.S. and discovering he was a wanted man, Robert again fled to Canada...
- where he again enlisted as a private in the Canadian Army...
- and was shortly posted to the 58th Battalion of the CEF...
- where on August 27, 1918, private Adams was killed in action, during the Battle of Arras, France...
- and so ends the story of Robert Adams...who when asked what was his occupation, replied...
- Soldier...
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As Parabola states, yesterday in the United Kingdom was Remembrance Sunday and Wednesday will be Remembrance Day. We have no Veterans Day, as such. I like to think they all get combined as one.
I did 12 years service as an infantry officer in the Regular Army, including five tours of Northern Ireland. We lost comrades and I remember them at this time of year. I also recall the good times and good friends and many good mates, some of whom are still alive and with whom I meet up when we can, spread around the world now, but drawn together by that thread of shared hardship and common experiences: Arctic warfare, jungle warfare, counter terrorism, armoured warfare on the north German plains, home defence, all mixed in with doing duty as binmen and firemen when they were on strike, for much higher wages than we were on, at the government's bidding.
Also remembered are those of my family who served and survived, my father, my two grandfathers, my uncles and the one who did not return, Great Uncle James, killed in France in 1917. And then there was the master at school who taught me French. He had married a French lady before the start of WW II. They had a daughter. He joined SOE in its early days. Eventually he was captured and tortured by the Gestapo. When they could not extract the information they wanted from him, they killed his family. He survived and ended up teaching French to us and visiting his in-laws back in France during each summer holidays. A brave man carrying a heavy burden and a sixty a day cigarette habit. A very good and patient teacher.
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A heartfelt thank you to all the Vets!!!
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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Freedom isn't free, thanks to all the great veterans (past & present) that know that detail quite intimately.
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