Date de naissance: 29/05/1898

Lieu de naissance: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Écosse, Royaume-Uni

Profession: Etudiant

Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Second Lieutenant

Numéro de service: 33980

Incorporation date: 03/01/1917

Incorporation nom de lieu: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Écosse, Royaume-Uni

Unités:  —  King's Own Scottish Borderers, 6th Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 12/10/1917

Lieu de décès: Poelcapelle, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 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.

6 Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1772/2). https://nationalarchives.gov.uk Sources utilisées

Ewing J., The History of the Ninth (Scottish) Division, 1914-1919 (London, John Murray, Albemarle street, W., 1921). Sources utilisées

McCarthy C., The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London, Arms & Armour Press, 1995). Sources utilisées

Stair Gillon, The K.O.S.B. in the Great War, (London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1930). Sources utilisées

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