Lance Corporal James Adamson

James Adamson was the son of James and Elizabeth Adamson, of Edinburgh. He enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps, and volunteered for airborne forces.

Lance Corporal Adamson successfully completed Air Despatcher training and was posted to 800 Air Despatch Company, Royal Army Service Corps, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

L/Cpl Adamson was killed in action on 21 September, aged 29, when RAF 437 Squadron Dakota KG-376, base Blakehill Farm, was shot down by German fighters and crashed southwest of Keldonk. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Groesbeek Memorial to the Missing. (Roll of Honour, 5th Revised Edition, 2011).

If you are part of L/Cpl Adamson’s family and would like to complete this biography, you can apply to the Curator to do so. To do this you will need to become a member of ParaData and select the 'friend or family member' option on the registration form.

If you would like to find out more about becoming a member please visit our registration page.

Members of ParaData can submit their material by clicking on the 'Add content to this article' button on the right.