William Ogilvie Adamson

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 40023
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
  • Unit/Ship: 7th/8th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 15.09.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Pier & Face 4A & 4D

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1896
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 45 Nelson Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Euphemia Garve Adamson, 45 Nelson St, Dundee

  • Father:

    Alexander Adamson

  • Siblings:

    Alexander, Margaret Bell & Euphemia

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about William Ogilvie Adamson

William has no know grave but is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.

William Ogilvie Adamson   40023   King’s Own Scottish Borderers

ADAMSONKilled in action, on the 15th September, Private William Ogilvie Adamson, second eldest son of Mrs Alexander Adamson, 45 Nelson Street, Dundee.

Dundee People’s Journal 14th October 1916

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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