Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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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
ADAMSON―Killed 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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