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Pedigree
Last Edited: 15 Dec 2025

Military Service

  • Military Service*: The Royal Engineers Albert Brown Fullerton between 1914 and 1918 Name:      Albert B Fullerton
    Military Year:      1914-1920
    Rank:      Pioneer
    Company:      WO 329
    Regiment or Corps:      Royal Engineers
    Regiment Number:      48938
    Medal Awarded:      British War Medal and Victory Medal.2
  • Military Service*: The Royal Engineers Daniel Preston in 1916 at 106 Annfield, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , Record of Service
    3rd ... of Artillery
    Royal Engineers
    Northumberland Fusiliers
    Joining 18 May 1918

    3 Watt Street scored out.
    24 years 17 days
    Powerloom tenter
    married

    Disability pension.3
  • Military Service*: The Royal Engineers James D Dickson powerloom tenter between 1939 and 1945.
  • Military Service: The Royal Engineers David Whitton Hutton Paterson jute manager, photographer between 1939 and 1945 Royal Engineers.4
  • Military Service*: The Royal Engineers Angus William McNeil between 1939 and 1945.
  • Military Service: The Royal Engineers John Cowper Adamson engineer between 1939 and 1945 University of St Andrew's Draft Roll of Service 1939 - 1945

    Adamson John Cowper B.Sc. 1938 Major R.E. RE Served in M.E. C.Med, N.W. Europe
    [British Liberation Army] and India.5
  • Military Service*: The Royal Engineers John Cowper Adamson engineer between 1939 and 1945 Adamson John Cowper B.Sc. 1938 Major R.E. RE Served in M.E. C.Med, N.W. Europe
    [British Liberation Army] and India.6
  • Military Service*: The Royal Engineers Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician on 7 December 1939 at Hamsterley Hall, Hamsterly, Co Durham, England, , Attached RMO [Regimental Medical Officer] 348 Coy 37 AA [probably Anti-Aircraft] Bn [Battallion] RE [Royal Engineers]

    After enlisting, and a couple of weeks each as Attached Regimental Medical Officer with the 64th Royal Artillery (in Newcastle) and 63rd Royal Artillery in Sunderland, Douglas was posted as Attached RMO to 348 Company 37 AA Battalion Royal Engineers at Hamsterley in County Durham.

    The winter of 1939-40 was one of the most severe of the 20th century with record low temperatures adn snowfalls, especially January 26-29, 1940.1,7
  • Military Service: The Royal Engineers John Cowper Adamson engineer on 28 June 1940 London Gazette;
    The undermentioned Cadets, from 141st Officer Training Unit (RE) to be 2nd Lieutenants; 22nd June 1940;
    John Cowper ADAMSON (137600.)8

Citations

  1. [S136] "Historical Disclosures"; DGA service record; Army Personnel Centre, Support Division, Historical Disclosures, Glasgow G2 8EX [May 2018].
  2. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 [Jun 2020].
  3. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk)
    British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 for Daniel Preston
    Ancestry.com. UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
    Original data: The Official Army List. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England. [Jun 2020]
  4. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962
    Ancestry.com. UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
    Original data: The Official Army List. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England. [Jun 2020]
  5. [S131] FDCA, online www.FDCA.gov.uk, FDCA (City Square, Dundee), University of St Andrew's Draft Roll of Service 1939 - 1945
     From a draft copy gifted to the Dundee City Archives by the late Miss Mary Duthie on her death - included are the records of civil involvement as P.O.W's and Recipients of Honours
    C FDCA 2011 [Feb 2025].
  6. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) Friends of Dundee City Archives;
    University of St Andrew's Draft Roll of Service 1939 - 1945;
    From a draft copy gifted to the Dundee City Archives by the late Miss Mary Duthie on her death - included are the records of civil involvement as P.O.W's and Recipients of Honours [Feb 2025].
  7. [S43] DGA Memorabilia held by PCC.
  8. [S32] Newspaper Article, London Gazette 28/6/1940 [Oct 2023].