---
name: "Thomas Adlam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-adlam"
fi1m_id: "thomas-adlam"
imdb_id: "nm11924371"
tmdb_id: 3065660
roles: []
born: "21 October 1893"
died: "28 May 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T00:46:28.034424+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Thomas Adlam

## Identity

Thomas Adlam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-adlam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thomas-adlam
- **IMDb ID:** nm11924371
- **TMDB ID:** 3065660
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11924371/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3065660

Actor. Born 21 October 1893 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Died 28 May 1975.

## Details

- **Born:** 21 October 1893, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
- **Died:** 28 May 1975
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11924371/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3065660

## Biography

Thomas Adlam was a British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross. Born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, he served with the 7th Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment during the First World War and was awarded the VC for his actions at Thiepval on 27 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme.

In civilian life Adlam worked as a teacher. He later served in the Second World War with the Royal Engineers, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. His voice recording appears in Peter Jackson's 2018 documentary *They Shall Not Grow Old*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *They Shall Not Grow Old* (2018), Fi1m 81, as Self - Bedfordshire Regiment (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/they-shall-not-grow-old.md)

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