Ronald Adam Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Ronald Adam OBE (31 December 1896 – 28 March 1979), born Ronald George Hinings Adams, was a British RAF officer, an actor on stage and screen and a successful theatre manager. Ronald George Hinings Adams was born in Bromyard, Worcestershire on 31 December, 1896, the son of Blake Adams and his wife Mona Robin. His parents and grandparents were all in the theatrical profession. He was educated at University College School. When still only 17 years old Adams volunteered to join the British Army on the outbreak of the First World War. On 2 December, 1914 he was commissioned as a temporary... MORE

Ronald Adam OBE (31 December 1896 – 28 March 1979), born Ronald George Hinings Adams, was a British RAF officer, an actor on stage and screen and a successful theatre manager. Ronald George Hinings Adams was born in Bromyard, Worcestershire on 31 December, 1896, the son of Blake Adams and his wife Mona Robin. His parents and grandparents were all in the theatrical profession. He was educated at University College School. When still only 17 years old Adams volunteered to join the British Army on the outbreak of the First World War. On 2 December, 1914 he was commissioned as a temporary Second Lieutenant in the 15th (reserve) battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) as an observer and undertook pilot training. Adams then served with No. 18 Squadron and flew Sopwith Camels with No. 44 Squadron on home defence duties. He then joined No.73 Squadron, also flying Sopwith Camels in France. On 7 April 1918 he was shot down near Villers-Bretonneux in Northern France, either by Hans Kirschstein, or possibly Manfred von Richthofen. Adams was wounded and captured and on the evening of his aerial defeat was visited by a German orderly who gave him LESS