Date of birth: 29/05/1898

Place of birth: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: Student

Country: England, United Kingdom

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Service number: 33980

Enlistment date: 03/01/1917

Enlistment place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Units:  —  King's Own Scottish Borderers, 6th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 12/10/1917

Place of death: Poelcapelle, Belgium

Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Age: 19

Second Lieutenant George Addis ADAMSON ( 6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers (K.O.S.B.), 27th Brigade, 9th Division ) was killed in action on the 12th of October 1917, the First Battle of Passchendaele. The 9th division was located near the left bank of the Lekkerboterbeek, south of Poelcapelle. The 9th Division attacked with one brigade, the 26th brigade. The objective allotted to the 6th Bn. K.O.S.B. was the taking of the final objective. On the right a pill-box held up the whole advance, causing the 6th KOSB to become involved in the attack. After this delay they pushed on another 150 yards and consolidated a line of shell holes. In general it was quite a chaotic day and the whole division couldn't get further than the first objective. The advance had come to a halt 100 yards ( ca. 91 metres ) from there starting position. George Addis Adamson must have died during this attack between Poelkapelle and Wallemolen. He is remembered at the Tyne Cot Memorial.

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/845716

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=177e2639-3a46-4002-afaa-43a413f9ce25

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/195260