Pte. E. Adamson
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| First name(s): |
Ernest |
| Rank: |
Private |
| Number: |
33083 |
| Regiment etc. |
9th Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment |
| Date Died: |
27th August 1917 |
| Cemetery/Memorial |
Tyne Cot Memorial
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Ernest was born in Ripon and lived on Elmwood Street, Harrogate when he enlisted in the army.
He had worked for Harrogate Corporation for 15 years before he joined the army.
He was killed in an attack made between the villages of Langemarck and St. Julien, during the Battle of Passchendaele.
The advance started well, but the 9th West Yorks soon came under fire from German positions known as Pheasant Trench, Vancouver and Vielles Maisons.
The position known as Vancouver is now more famously known as "Vancouver Crossroads", the site of an impressive memorial to the Canadians who saved the day when the Germans first used poison gas to break through the Allied front line in April 1915.
T.E. Coe, another Harrogate employee listed on the Council Memorial, was killed fighting with the Canadians on this day.
The Germans occupying Vielles Maisons withdrew during the night and an informal truce began, during which both sides sent out stretcher bearers to search for the wounded.
Ernest Adamson was killed at some point during this action and his body was never identified. His name is commemorated on the
Tyne Cot Memorial, on the gentle slope which leads up to the village of Passchendaele itself.