Military service
Service number:
B/138767
Age:
19
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 23, 1924
Wyebridge, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 13, 1943
Barrie, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Bernieres-sur-Mer, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. G. 3.
Additional information
Son of William and Marjorie Adamson, of Midland, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Russell Kenneth Adamson
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Russel Kenneth Adamson
Russel Kenneth Adamson -
Photo of Russell Kenneth Adamson
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
News Clipping
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Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
Stone of Remembrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
This photo of Rfn Adamson's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The Queen's Own Rifles in June 2003 during a visit to Beny-sur-mer Cemetery. -
Grave Marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Tribute
Tribute to ADAMSON Russel Kenneth only 19 years old Who gave his life for us
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Kenneth Adamson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 234 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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