ADAMSON, Alexander Naismith
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
'Middle East Depot Commando Training and Holding Unit'
52ME Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Black Watch
Service:
Army
Number:
2754001
P.O.W. number:
11759
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, April 25, 1913
Birthplace:
Bathgate, Scotland
Lance Corporal Alexander Adamson, Depot Middle East Commando, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association from Glasgow.
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27, WO417/96
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27, WO417/96
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
[2a] German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/2/142.
[3] Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 101.
Notes
Rank seen as Private on some sources suggesting LCpl was an acting or temporary rank. Unit shown as 52ME Commando on source [3].
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