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the Northumberland Fusiliers1

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Pedigree
Last Edited: 8 Nov 2020

Military Service

  • Military Service*: The Northumberland Fusiliers David Kinnear Adamson between 1915 and 1918 First name(s)     David
    Last name     Adamson
    Residence     Dundee,Angus
    Residence county     Forfarshire (Angus)
    Residence country     Scotland
    Enlistment year     1915
    Enlistment date     11/12/15
    Service number     47399
    Rank     Private
    Battalion     23rd
    Transfer to/from     To N.F.Depot
    Discharge year     1918
    Discharge date     12/9/18
    Cause of discharge     KR Para 392(xvi)a
    Wounded/sick     Nov 17
    Notes     Silver War Badge No.510220
    Source     
    SGG;SWB;MR
    Record set     British Army, Northumberland Fusiliers 1881-1920
    Category     Military, armed forces & conflict
    Subcategory     Regimental & Service Records
    Collections from     Great Britain, UK None.1
  • Military Service: The Northumberland Fusiliers David Kinnear Adamson on 14 April 1917 at 18th General Hospital, Western Front, First name(s)     D
    Last name     Adamson
    Service number     47399
    Rank     -
    Corps     Fus
    Company / squadron     A Coy
    Admission year     1917
    Admission date     16 Apr 1917
    Hospital     18Th General Hospital
    Description     Operations index book.
    Country     Great Britain
    Archive     
    The National Archives
    Piece     MH 106/1200
    Series description     War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen
    Register type     Hospital admission and discharge registers
    Record year range     1916 Sept.1-1917 May 31
    Record set     British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers' Medical Records
    Category     Military, armed forces & conflict
    Subcategory     First World War
    Collections from     Great Britain, UK None.2
  • Military Service: The Northumberland Fusiliers David Kinnear Adamson after 14 April 1917 at Kent, England, , repatriated to.3
  • Military Service: The Northumberland Fusiliers Daniel Preston on 18 May 1918 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.4

Citations

  1. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Record Transcription:
    British Army, Northumberland Fusiliers 1881-1920[Jun 2020].
  2. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Record Transcription:
    British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers' Medical Records [Jun 2020].
  3. [S33] Interview , annecdotal information from grandson MA via email [Nov 2007].
  4. [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]