adamson

I could not find a Medal Index card listed at the National Archive for a Captain T Adamson of the Highland Light Infantry. I could not find one for a Major either - just in case he'd been promoted before he'd entered a Theatre of War.

What I could find was a card for a Captain F J Adamson, 12th Battalion Highland Light Infantry which is held under reference WO 372/1/20446.
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1....
He had initially been a Second Lieutenant.

Could therefore be a typo - either on the card or the name associated with this photograph.

There was also a 2nd Lieutenant George Adamson who died at Loos in 1915 while serving with the 12th Battalion HLI.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/726358/ADAMSON,%20GEORGE

From www.findmypast.co.uk
1891 census
30 Alderville Road Fulham
Frederick ADAMSON H M M 34 Clerk born Stoke on Trent
Frances S. " W M F 28 born Hants Yateley
Frederick J. " S M 10 born London Chelsea
Thomas " Brother S M 30 born Stoke on Trent

His WWI pension records can be found on www.ancestry.co.uk
Enlisted 30.1.1915
Address 16 Camden Street London
Next of kin given as Mr N. (or W.?) GOMAN of 25 Horden Road Fulham, uncle.
Frederick's occupation Baker. Marital status - Unmarried
Served in 29 Field Bakery
Discharged medically unfit. Medical board 19.9.1916. Tubercle of lung.
Originated May 1916 Egypt. First had dysentery in Gallipoli. Reported sick in May 1916 with bronchitis. Negative family history except mother died of lung trouble and alcoholism.
His sickness was put down as a result of active service strain and exposure to infection. Not permanent. Duration 12 months. He under went treatment in Brompton Sanatorium in 1917.
He had moved to 68 Penge Road, South Norwood by Oct 1917

14 pages of his WWI Army service records are on www.ancestry.co.uk as well.
Description when left army after serving 1 year 248 days:-
Height 5' 81/2"
Age 35 years, 319 days
Eyes hazel, hair brown.

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De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour entry reads as follows; Adamson, Gilbert Edgar MC, Lieut. 7th (Territorial) Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment). Youngest son of John William Adamson of 44 Whitehall Park, Highgate, Professor of Education, University of London, and his [Prof Adamson’s] wife, Amanda, daughter of the late William Knapman. Born 28th December 1894. Educated City of London School and Merton College, Oxford. Received a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant (The Middlesex Regiment) 5th March 1915 and promoted 2nd Lieutenant in April 1916. Served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from July to August 1915, also from October 1917 and was killed in action before Croisilles 24th August 1918. Buried in Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviére near Arras. His Commanding Officer wrote “....He fell ... while most gallantly leading his men over an area swept by artillery and machine-gun fire.” He was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 16th September 1918]. “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty duringa night raid on hostile trenches... He led his party with the greatest personal courage and precision, ... and his splendid example and fine leadership contributed largely to the success of the raid.” Unmarried. The 1901 census records Gilbert as a six year old child living at 24 Countess Street, Kentish Town [the premises still exist] with his father, John W [b.1858, London, and who’s occupation is given as Lecturer in Education, Kings College]. His mother, Caroline A [b.1855 London] and his two older sisters, Dorothy E [b.1889] and Cecily M [b.1891]. I am puzzled by the De Ruvigny’s entry which gives his mother’s name as Amanda as does an Andrews Newspaper index card and yet his mother, in the 1901 census is recorded as Caroline A. Maybe the A stands for Amanda and this was how she as colloquially known.

I have such complete and total respect and gratitude for this generation. We seem to have regressed in so many ways.

Strong face, dignified looking man.

1911 census shows mother's name as Caroline Amanda.