More about James Kinnear Adamson

James served on the home front with the Royal Garrison Artillery, No 22 North Scottish Fire Command  at Broughty Ferry Castle. He enlisted at the age of 37 in November 1915. He was a teacher of commercial subjects at Logie College/School for most of his working life, having had a brief sojourn, with his brother David, to South Africa between about 1902 and 1904, where, I am convinced, they thought they would make their fortune! But they didn’t and their mother demanded that they return home to take up more regular employment which they did – as printers and stationers. Both brothers married in the summer of 1908.

Obituary: The obituary of James Kinnear Adamson was was published on 28 June 1956. Obituary in Courier & Advertiser (Evening Telegraph?), Dundee 28th(?) June 1956; He Taught Shorthand to Thousands; One of Dundee’s best known commercial teachers, Mr James K Adamson, 20 East Haddon Road, died yesterday aged 78. Mr Adamson who was at Stobswell and head of commercial subjects at Logie, taught shorthand to thousands of Dundee pupils, by whom he was held in high esteem. He retired in 1948 and continued part-time tuition work. He was a certificate winner for 180 words per minute at 16 and was teaching shorthand a year later. In all, his career as a teacher lasted 60 years. Mr Adamson was a former secretary, treasurer and president if the EIS, commercial section, St Andrews district, and a life member of the EIS. He was an elder and former treasurer of Park Church and an ex-president of Maryfield Bowling Club. He is survived by Mrs Adamson, two sons and a married daughter.