Adamson, James Stanley

SOLDIER DETAILS:

Adamson, James Stanley
Private, 16th Battalion 29411
Menin Gate Memorial
Son of William Adamson of Milton
Maple Leaf Legacy Project

Haltonville Memorial
R. Laughton

Book of Remembrance
parliament Buildings Ottawa

Menin Gate Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves

Menin Gate Inscription
Thanks to Sabine

Private Adamson's body was not recovered. His name, like many other at that time, is engraved on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres (Ipres) Belgium.

Milton Soldiers on the Menin Gate Memorial (Google Earth).

Other Links:

	CEFSG Matrix Unit Information 16th Infantry Battalion
	Library and Archives Canada War Diary April 1915
	Nicholson Chapter III and Map 1 - 2nd Battle of Ypres

SOLDIER SUMMARY:

Private James Stanley Adamson is noted on the Haltonville Cenotaph as "Pte. Stanley R. Adamson" in error. He was with the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion, whereas the cenotaph refers to his militia role with the 91st Regiment (March 28, 1910). James was the son of William and Margaret Adamson of Milton West, Ontario. He attested to the 16th Battalion (1st Division, 3rd Infantry Brigade) in September 1914.

Private Adamson was killed in action on April 23, 1915. The war diary is quite detailed for the action of April 22, 1915 (the first gas attack) and they report on the action of April 23, 1915 when Private Adamson was killed in the trenches west of St. Julien in the Battle of Ypres. The 16th Battalion is clearly noted on Nicholson Map 1 just north of Ypres at that time. Nicholson describes the counter-attacks of April 22nd and April 23rd in some detail. Sketch 7 of Nicholson shows their placement on April 23, 1915 at St. Julien.

A photograph of Private Adamson is provided on the Virtual War Memorial, Ottawa Canada.

The soldier pages contain information that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks are active where the information is available:

	Soldier Name: Veteran Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial
	Soldier Number: Library and Archives Canada, Attestation Papers
	Cemetery: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register
	Remembrance: Maple Leaf Legacy Project, Remembrance of Canada's War Dead

The summary of the service is taken from the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is available in electronic and paper format in the Alex Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society. Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared. The research information available is as noted on the Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line War Diaries.

A summary of all the soldiers is contained on the Web Blog "Great War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb.