Lieutenant Gilbert Edgar ADAMSON (1914)

7th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Born 28 December 1894 in London
Killed in action 24 August 1918, aged 23
Buried at Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Rivières, France

Gilbert Adamson was the son of John William Adamson, a Professor at Kings College London, and Caroline Amanda, née Knapman, of 44 Whitehall Park, Highgate, London.

He was educated at the City of London School, and came up to Merton in 1914.

He received his commission in the Middlesex Regiment on 5 March 1915, subsequently serving with C Company of the 7th Battalion on the Western Front from July to August 1917 and again from October 1917 to August 1918. He was awarded the Military Cross on 28 May 1918.

He was killed in action in the attack on Summit Trench, Croisilles, France, on 24 August 1918.