Robert Fortescue Adamson (1912)

Born 10 May 1912 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

Robert Fortescue Adamson was born 10 May 1912 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.

He enlisted in the Canadian Army on 21 Sept 1939 in Montreal, Quebec. He became a sapper, Service Number: M/7218 in the Royal Canadian Engineers, 31 Field Company. He served in Canada, in the United Kingdom and in France.

Sapper Robert Fortescue Adamson died 8 Aug 1944 (aged 32) in France and was buried in Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Cintheaux, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp. ^[1]

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Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947; Series: RG 24; Volume: 25307, Robert Fortescue Adamson, service number M/7218; Ancestry.com. Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry Operations, Inc., 2015.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56155334/robert_fortescue-adamson: accessed April 12, 2024), memorial page for Sapper Robert Fortescue Adamson (10 May 1912–8 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56155334, citing Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Cintheaux, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).