Name
Maurice Leslie Adamson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/07/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Attached Royal Irish Rifles 10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 3 C.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath St Machar's Cathedral Courtyard, Aberdeen
Pre War
Born on 3 Apr 1893 in Baseen, Mandalay, Burma son of Sir Harvey Adamson K.C.S.I. and Lady Jane Charlotte (Leslie) Adamson of 36 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, London. Educated at Haileybury College 1907-11. He sailed from Liverpool arriving in Quebec, Canada on 13 Sep 1912. He was a clerk in Canada.
Wartime Service
Enlisted as Private 17092 British Colombia Regiment on 23 Sep 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. Entered France on 31 Oct 1915. Obtained a commission to the Royal Scots Fusiliers and was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme fighting with the 36th (Ulster) Division at Thiepval.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
