Early Life :

Education & Career :

Educated at Victoria College. Became a Bank Clerk and joined the Jersey branch of London City & Midland Bank in 1900.

Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.

Detail :

Reported as missing in June 1916 and his body being found in August 1917.

The fist intimation of his demise is reported through the Jersey Evening Post on Monday 25th September, 1916:- "Wounded and Missing. We regret to hear that news has been received in the Island that Lieutenant A B Amy of the Irish Rifles, formerly of the 3rd Battalion RMIJ is reported wounded and missing. We trust that favourable news will soon be received of this officer who took part in a suppression of the Dublin Rebellion."

But, after his body is found nearly a year later, his death is recorded through the Jersey Evening Post on Saturday 8th September, 1917.

It will be remembered that some time since 2nd Lieutenant A B Amy of 9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles was reported missing and that after a period extending over several months he w as presumed by the War Office to be dead. Actual proof of death had, however, been lacking until a few days ago when the following letter was received by the widow from the Adjutant of the Battalion. It reads "Dear Mrs Amy, It is my sad duty to let you know that news has at last been heard of your husband. A letter from an Australian officer, Lieutenant Vallence, received by me yesterday states that while clearing the battlefield after the Messines battle he found the body of a British officer north west of Messines and on the left wrist was an identity disc bearing your husband's name and Regiment. The remains were buried on the old No Mans Land near to which Amy did his last unfortunate patrol, the exact spot will be notified to you by the Graves Registration Committee in due course. I am afraid there is now no doubt that you husband is dead; he was probably killed by a German bomb whilst on patrol and his body carried into the German lines and buried. The bombardment by our Artillery prior to the assault on 7 June was so violent that he might easily have been disinterred, which would account for his body being recognisable after being so long dead. All that remains is for me to offer my most heartfelt sympathy and that of all the other officers of the 9th who were here last year and knew your husband's sterling worth".

Adolphe is commemorated on the family memorial in Almorah Cemetery at St. Helier and again on the OV Memorial; also on the Victoria Street Congregational Church Memorial.

See more at: Channel Islands and the Great War.

Masonic :

Joined Duke of Normandy Lodge 17th September 1914. Check: A Bertie Edward Amy was initiated into this Lodge on 16th November 1911 - Relation? He resigned September 1915

Discrepancies (Require checks, clarity or further research) :

The photograph above appears at http://www.greatwarci.net/honour/jersey/database/amy-ab-meningate.htm. Looking closely it seems that it might be an RAMC badge, so there is uncertainty as to the authenticity of this image until further evidence materialises.

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The (UK) National Archives
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
• ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

• Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
• Researcher : Bruce Littley