ADAMSON, ROBERT, Private, No. 40982, 1st Battn. (21st Foot) The Royal Scots Fusiliers, s. of James Adamson, of Dombristle, co. Fife, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Benjamin Dick; b. Govanhill, co. Lanark, 12 Dec. 1881; educ. Moss Green School, Crossgates; was a Gamekeeper; joined the 3rd Ayrshire Yeomanry 4 July, 1916; transferred to the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Dec. 1916, being employed as a Stretcher-Bearer for eight months, and was killed in action near Cambrai 4 Oct. 1918. Buried where he fell. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I have heard nothing but good regarding his soldierly qualities, and his bearing in action,” and the Chaplain: “He was highly esteemed, not only as a soldier, but also as a man. When the news of his death became known there were many sad hearts.” He m. at Kirkcaldy, 4 Oct. 1910, Jane Drummond (Ruchland Cottages, Prestonkirk), dau. of Alexander McGregor, and had two children: James Alexander, b. 15 Jan. 1916, and Sarah Thomson, b. 15 Nov. 1912.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5