Captain William Campbell Adamson, 6th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. He was the son of William Shaw Adamson and Nora Jane Adamson (nee Campbell). Born at Careston Castle, Forfarshire. Husband of Margaret Stancomb Adamson (daughter of William John Mann, JP, of Highfield, Trowbridge), of Whyte House, Weeke, Winchester. They married on 28 May 1913 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Educated at Fettes College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Commissioned as a second lieutenant (supernumerary) in the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry on 1 May 1911. Resigned his commission 4 May 1912. He earned a pilot's licence privately in the summer of 1914. Commissioned as a probationary 2nd Lieutenant in the Special Reserve in the Royal Flying Corps on 22 Aug 1914 at the start of WW1. Promoted to Captain and he was appointed a Flight Commander in No 6 squadron, based at Abeele, West Flanders, Belgium in July 1915. On 5 Sep 1915 he was on an Artillery Patrol in FE2a (Farman Experimental 2) No: 4227, and had driven off 3 enemy aircraft over Mount Sorrel, south east of Zillebeke, before they were shot down by anti aircraft fire (flak battery of Reserve Artillery Regiment Nr 54) , crashing in Shrewsbury Forest. He was killed and his observer Lieutenant Braddyll was seriously wounded, briefly taken prisoner but died of his wounds. They were both buried by the Germans at Zandvoorde 5 Bezirk D Grave 416 and 154. They were later moved by the Germans to Koelenberg Forest German cemetery graves 278 and 279. They are now buried in Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Harelbeke, Arrondissement Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium.
He is also commemorated on the Careston Parish WW1 Memorial plaque in
Careston Church, Careston, Angus, Scotland and on a family gravestone in the churchyard;
Cenotaph here
on the Trinity Hall, Cambridge WW1 memorial in the Trinity Hall Chapel, Trinity Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12939) and on the Fettes College War Memorial at Fettes College, Carrington Road, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198187).
More detail including photos of the crashed plane can be seen at: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/102886-edward-clarence-braddyll/
He is also commemorated on the Careston Parish WW1 Memorial plaque in
Careston Church, Careston, Angus, Scotland and on a family gravestone in the churchyard;
Cenotaph here
on the Trinity Hall, Cambridge WW1 memorial in the Trinity Hall Chapel, Trinity Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12939) and on the Fettes College War Memorial at Fettes College, Carrington Road, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198187).
More detail including photos of the crashed plane can be seen at: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/102886-edward-clarence-braddyll/
Captain William Campbell Adamson, 6th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. He was the son of William Shaw Adamson and Nora Jane Adamson (nee Campbell). Born at Careston Castle, Forfarshire. Husband of Margaret Stancomb Adamson (daughter of William John Mann, JP, of Highfield, Trowbridge), of Whyte House, Weeke, Winchester. They married on 28 May 1913 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Educated at Fettes College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Commissioned as a second lieutenant (supernumerary) in the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry on 1 May 1911. Resigned his commission 4 May 1912. He earned a pilot's licence privately in the summer of 1914. Commissioned as a probationary 2nd Lieutenant in the Special Reserve in the Royal Flying Corps on 22 Aug 1914 at the start of WW1. Promoted to Captain and he was appointed a Flight Commander in No 6 squadron, based at Abeele, West Flanders, Belgium in July 1915. On 5 Sep 1915 he was on an Artillery Patrol in FE2a (Farman Experimental 2) No: 4227, and had driven off 3 enemy aircraft over Mount Sorrel, south east of Zillebeke, before they were shot down by anti aircraft fire (flak battery of Reserve Artillery Regiment Nr 54) , crashing in Shrewsbury Forest. He was killed and his observer Lieutenant Braddyll was seriously wounded, briefly taken prisoner but died of his wounds. They were both buried by the Germans at Zandvoorde 5 Bezirk D Grave 416 and 154. They were later moved by the Germans to Koelenberg Forest German cemetery graves 278 and 279. They are now buried in Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Harelbeke, Arrondissement Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium.
He is also commemorated on the Careston Parish WW1 Memorial plaque in
Careston Church, Careston, Angus, Scotland and on a family gravestone in the churchyard;
Cenotaph here
on the Trinity Hall, Cambridge WW1 memorial in the Trinity Hall Chapel, Trinity Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12939) and on the Fettes College War Memorial at Fettes College, Carrington Road, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198187).
More detail including photos of the crashed plane can be seen at: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/102886-edward-clarence-braddyll/
He is also commemorated on the Careston Parish WW1 Memorial plaque in
Careston Church, Careston, Angus, Scotland and on a family gravestone in the churchyard;
Cenotaph here
on the Trinity Hall, Cambridge WW1 memorial in the Trinity Hall Chapel, Trinity Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12939) and on the Fettes College War Memorial at Fettes College, Carrington Road, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198187).
More detail including photos of the crashed plane can be seen at: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/102886-edward-clarence-braddyll/
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