Robert Thorburn Adamson (abt. 1894 - 1917)

Born about 14 Oct 1894 in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Died 23 Apr 1917 at about age 22 in Battle of Arras, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Biography

ROBERT THORBURN ADAMSON (Adamson-1445)

PARENTS. Robert Mason Adamson & Robina Scott Thorburn (Addis) Adamson

BIRTH. 14 Oct 1894, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland

ROLL OF THE FALLEN - UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH:

ADAMSON, ROBERT THORBURN (b.1893).

Ardrossan Academy.

Cadet Corps 1903-6.

Student of Arts, 1911-14;

M.A.O.T.e. Infantry, Oct. to Dec. 1914,

Cadet. 13th Royal Scots, Private Dec. 1914;

Lieut. and Acting Captain Dec. 1916. France.

Fell leading his Company at the Battle of Arras on 23rd April 1917

Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

ADAMSON, ROBERT THORBURN ADAMSON

Rank:Lieutenant

Date of Death:23/04/1917

Age:23

Regiment/Service:Royal Scots 4th Bn.

Panel Reference: Bay 1 and 2.

Memorial:ARRAS MEMORIAL

Additional Information:Son of the Rev. Robert M. Adamson, of Saint John's Manse, Ardrossan, Ayrshire. M.A. (Edinburgh University).

Scottish National War Memorial:

Era WW1

Surname ADAMSON

Forename Robert Thorburn Adamson

Rank T/Lieut

Service number

Decoration

Place of birth

Date of death 23 April 1917

Theatre of death Unknown

Cause of death Killed in action

SNWM roll THE ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGIMENT)

Unit name In or attached to THE ROYAL SCOTS

Other detail 13th Bn

DEATH. 23 Apr 1917, Battle of Arras, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

BURIAL/MEMORIAL: Arras Memorial, Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Plot: Bay 1 and 2.

Lieutenant Robert Thorburn Adamson Adamson

Birth: unknown

Death: Apr. 23, 1917

Age: 23

Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 4th Bn.

Son of the Rev. Robert M. Adamson, of Saint John's Manse, Ardrossan, Ayrshire. M.a. (Edinburgh University).

Arras Memorial to the Missing:

The Arras Memorial commemorates 34,795 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died from the spring of 1916 until 7th August 1918, and who have no known grave. Most of the casualties commemorated here were killed during the Allied offensive during the Battles of Arras in April and May 1917 and during the German attack on the Allied Front from 21st March 1918.

Servicemen serving with the Canadian and Australian forces who were killed in these operations are commemorated on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial and the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

Sources

• Roll of the Fallen - University of Edinburgh: http://bit.ly/1TJB3oW

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/738219/ADAMSON,%20ROBERT%20THORBURN%20ADAMSON

• Scottish National War Memorial: http://www.snwm.org/content/roll-search/?id=895692&searchid=7cd408f30c58808bb69e0df09fddba04&page=1

• Burial/Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=124928851

• Arras Memorial to the Missing: http://www.greatwar.co.uk/french-flanders-artois/memorial-arras-memorial.htm