Stone laid for Wiltshire WW1 Victoria Cross hero

The ceremony took place at the war memorial in Salisbury's Guildhall Square

A soldier whose bravery on a World War One battlefield saw him awarded a Victoria Cross has been honoured with a commemorative paving stone.

The memorial to Lt Col Tom Edwin Adlam was unveiled at 11:00 BST in a ceremony in his hometown of Salisbury.

The stone was unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire and attended by members of the Adlam family.

Lt Col Adlam passed away on 28 May 1975, aged 81.

He was awarded the Victoria Cross after leading an attack on the German-held trenches defending Schwaben Redoubt during the Battle of the Somme.

At the ceremony later that year, King George V said it was for "most conspicuous bravery".

A spokeswoman for Salisbury City Council described Lt Col Adlam as a "very modest man", who was "always conscious of the terrible price that his comrades had paid in the battles of 1914 to 1918".

The commemorative stone was unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire

Lt Col Adlam led an attack on German trenches during the Battle of the Somme in 1916