Adam F D Lt 3rd Rifle Brigade

Adam F D Lt 3rd Rifle Brigade

ADAM, FRANK DALZIEL Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), s. of the late William Adam, J.P., by his wife, Martha (Lyndholme, Kidderminster), dau. of James Dalziel, of Walkerburn; b. Kidderminster, co. Worcester, 4 Nov. 1896; educ. The Leys School, Cambridge; received a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Rifle Brigade 3 June, 1915; promoted Lieut. in 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Christmas, 1916, and died at an Aid Post, near Béthune, 16 July, 1918, of wounds received in action the same day. Buried at Bulligrenay. A brother officer wrote: “He was one of the most popular officers in the battalion, and I may say I never came across an officer who took more trouble with his men. He was one of the most fearless. We all feel his loss both as a friend and an officer, very much.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

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