Lieutenant-Colonel Agar Stewart Allan Masterton Adamson

1. Lieutenant-Colonel, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
2. Lieutenant-Colonel (Army).
3. Captain, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
4. Lieutenant-Colonel (Army).

Distinguished Service Order (Birthday Award)
Description: Awarded on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday, 1916. No citation.
Date of award: 1915-06-03

Mentioned in Despatches 'A' List
Date of award: 1916-06-15
Source: London Gazette 29623

Prior service with the Governor General's Foot Guards, Lord Strathcona's Horse and 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles (South Africa).

Appointed Captain P.P.C.L.I. in August 1914 (an original). Commanded during a part of the Battle of May 8, 1915 (Bellewaerde Lake - Frezenberg) and was wounded that day. Rejoined September 24, 1915. Commanded from June 4, 1916 to August 3, 1916. Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the P.P.C.L.I. October 31, 1916. Commanded throughout 1917 (Battles of Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele). Struck off strength (medically unfit) March 27, 1918 to Canadian Corps H.Q. Staff. Subsequently Summary Court Officer at Bonn with the Army of Occupation.

DSO - London Gazette # 29608 Pg.#5570. MID - London Gazette #29623 Pg.#5960.

2nd MID - London Gazette #?? - Wigney's reference work only records on MiD.

Medal card of Adamson, A S A M.

Letters to his wife Mabel, written during the war, are published in Sandra Gwyn, Tapestry of War: A Private View of Canadians in the Great War (Toronto: Harper Collins, 1992).