Lieutenant ARTHUR RICHARD WADDAMS
Indian Army Reserve of Officers
1st
Died 22 November 1917
Age 26 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 44th Merwara Infantry
- Country of Service Indian
- Awards Albert Medal
- Additional Info Son of the late Christopher Waddams, of Gloucester, and of Harriette Amelia Waddams, of 14, Shakespeare Rd., Hanwell, London. Native of Gloucester.
- Additional Citation note
An extract from "The London Gazette," No. 30876, dated 30th Aug., 1918, records the following:-"In Mesopotamia, in November last, Lt. Waddams was instructing a class in firing rifle grenades. While a private of the 85th Burmans was under instruction, the rifle missed fire and the detonator of the grenade started working without the grenade leaving the rifle. Lt. Waddams, realising the danger, rushed forward, and, pushing back the soldier, seized his rifle with one hand and the grenade with the other, and tried to throw it over the wall before it exploded. Unfortunately, the grenade exploded in his hand and he received fatal injuries. The soldier whose life Lt. Waddams saved was only slightly injured."
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