1911 and appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the King's Birthday Honours of 1912. Adams died in retirement at Inverness in 1928 aged 71. After cremation in Maryhill, Glasgow, his ashes were buried at Tomnahuich Cemetery, Inverness. Family Adams was unmarried. He was the second cousin of Edward Donald Bellew, a Canadian WWI VC recipient. References ADAMS, Maj.-Gen. Sir Robert Bellew, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 4 November 2012 Major-General Sir R.B. Adams, V.C. (obituary), The Times, London, 14 February 1928, page 19 Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995) External links Burial location of Robert Adams Inverness British recipients of the Victoria Cross 1856 births 1928 deaths British Indian Army generals British military personnel of the Tirah campaign Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Corps of Guides (India) officers British military personnel of the Chitral Expedition British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War Indian Staff Corps officers Suffolk Regiment officers Military personnel of British India