BORN HULL 1880. SON OF MATILDA EMMA TOMLINSON (1854-1928) & THE LATE JOSEPH ADAMSON (1848-1894), OF 4, EXMOUTH STREET, HULL. (HDM 27/05/1918). ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS, JOSEPH, GEORGE AND JOHN ADAMSON. HE WORKED AS A SHIP PAINTER.
HE MARRIED MARGARET BINKS, AT HULL, IN JULY 1914. THEY LIVED AT 40, LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 33071, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/04/1918, AGED 38. BURIED AT THE SOMME . HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “ONE OF THE BEST”
First name:
BENJAMIN
Regiment:
Military Number:
33071
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/04/1918
Place died:
Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
38
40, LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
