Geboortedatum: 01/09/1884

Geboorteplaats: Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Schotland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Beroep: Arbeider Gieterij (Badkuipen)

Land: Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Strijdmacht: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Service nummer: 13404

Dienstneming datum: /

Dienstneming plaats: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Schotland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Eenheden:  —  Scots Guards, 1st Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 10/10/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Wood 15 and Saules Farm, België

Doodsoorzaak: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Leeftijd: 33

Private Robert Menzies ADAMSON ( 1st Bn. Scots Guards, 2nd Guards Brigade, Guards Division ) was killed in action on the 10th of October 1917. After the Battle of Poelcapelle on the 9th of October the men went back to their headquarters, which were located in Wood15 and Saules Farm, depending in which compagny they were placed in. While he went to one of the headquarters, Private Adamson was killed by a shell. It is unclear which compagny he was assigned to. Private Robert Menzies Adamson is remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial.

1 Battalion Scots Guards (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1219/3). https://nationalarchives.gov.uk Verdere verwijzing

Headlam C., History of the Guards Division in the Great War 1915 - 1918. Vol. 1 (London, Naval & Military Press, 1924), pg. 268-290. Gebruikte bronnen

Lorraine Petre F.( et al. ), The Scots Guards in the Great War 1914-1918 (London, Naval and Military Press, 1925), pg. 210-214. Gebruikte bronnen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/845722

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=456ea65e-981a-41bd-a762-f96bc43aa461

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/195831