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Maurice Leslie Adamson

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Maurice Leslie Adamson

July 1, 1916

Military Service

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Scots Fusiliers

Additional Information

Son of Sir Harvey Adamson, K.C.S.I. and Lady Adamson, of Kensington, London.

Commemorated on Page 569 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Inscription– Thiepval Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Inscription – Thiepval Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Stone of Remembrance– Thiepval Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Stone of Remembrance
    Stone of Remembrance – Thiepval Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Thiepval Memorial– April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Thiepval Memorial
    Thiepval Memorial – April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Biography– Biography from Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. Available on www.archive.org/details/memorialofgreatw00bankuoft

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    Biography – Biography from Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. Available on www.archive.org/details/memorialofgreatw00bankuoft
  • Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918– Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. Available on www.archive.org/details/memorialofgreatw00bankuoft

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    Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918
    Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 – Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. Available on www.archive.org/details/memorialofgreatw00bankuoft
  • Document– Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. Available on www.archive.org/details/memorialofgreatw00bankuoft

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    Document – Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. Available on www.archive.org/details/memorialofgreatw00bankuoft
  • Photo of Maurice Leslie Adamson– Photo from Memorial from the Great War 1914-1918: a record of service published by the Bank of Montreal 1921; now found on http://www.archive.org/details/memorialofgreatw00bankuoft

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    Photo of Maurice Leslie Adamson
    Photo of Maurice Leslie Adamson – Photo from Memorial from the Great War 1914-1918: a record of service published by the Bank of Montreal 1921; now found on http://www.archive.org/details/memorialofgreatw00bankuoft
  • Memorial Inscription– Memorial Panel (courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England)

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    Memorial Inscription – Memorial Panel (courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England)
  • Memorial– Thiepval Memorial

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Thiepval Memorial

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