Private William Adamson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1887-02-07
Place of birth: Edmonton Alberta Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Yvonne Adamson, Wife, Box 461, Edmonton, Alberta
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Civil Service
Address:
Edmonton, Alberta
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-10-05
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, I. J. 26.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 19202
Highest Rank:
Private
(10th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 10th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Sergeant, 9th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-23 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta
Awards
Military Medal (Hill 70)
Description: From the Regimental Diaries:
On 15/8/17, on Hill 70, this soldier and one comrade bombed and put out of action, an enemy machine gun which was holding up the advance of the right flank of his company and took the crew prisoners.
Date of award: 1917-11-19
Date of award: 1917-08-15
Source: London Gazette
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 258706
LAC ID:
2138
Service file: B0041-S016
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Adamson, of Edmonton, Alberta; husband of Yvonne Adamson, of 2009, 3rd Avenue East, Vancouver, British Columbia.
A nominal roll of the 9th Battalion has MM stamped after his name.
Previous military experience on attestation was 101st Regiment, Edmonton Fusiliers.
Appears to have taken a reduction in rank from QMS to private when transferring from the 9th Battalion.
Uploader's Research notes: Memorial in the Edmonton Municipal Cemetery shows his rank as Corporal in the 10th Battalion. [Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 9th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 10th Battalion Military Medal Hill 70 From the Regimental Diaries:
On 15/8/17, on Hill 70, this soldier and one comrade bombed and put out of action, an enemy machine gun which was holding up the advance of the right flank of his company and took the crew prisoners. ]
On 15/8/17, on Hill 70, this soldier and one comrade bombed and put out of action, an enemy machine gun which was holding up the advance of the right flank of his company and took the crew prisoners. ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2015-07-02