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William Douglas Adamson 1917–1941 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1917

Birth Location: Durban, Natal, South Africa

Death Date: 10 Dec 1941

Death Location: Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England

Father: George ADAMSON

Mother: Martha Kruger

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William Douglas Adamson was born in 1917 in Durban, Natal, South Africa, the child of George Adamson And Martha Magdalena Kruger. William Douglas Adamson passed away in 1941 in Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • William Douglas Adamson was born in 1917 in Durban, Natal, South Africa, the child of George Adamson And Martha Magdalena Kruger.
  • William Douglas Adamson passed away in 1941 in Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England.

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William Adamson's Ancestors

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William Adamson
1917–1941
Birth Place: Durban, Natal, South Africa
Parents
George ADAMSON
1879–1950
119 Nechells Park Road, Nechells, Warwickshire, England
Martha (Magdalena) Kruger
1888–1927
Transvaal, South Africa
Grandparents
John ADAMSON
1848–1913
Rugely, StafordShire, England
Emma (Young (Hannah)) Brown
1852–1905
Ludborough, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Swainston ADAMSON
1824–1903
Faith Whitworth
1825–1893
John Brown
1801–1875
Ann Young
1812–1904
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Swainston ADAMSON
1791–1851
Elizabeth Marshall
1796–1864
Abraham Whitworth
1789–1830
Mary Shepherd
1791–
Augustine Brown
1766–1826
Susanna Raisbeck
1777–1832
Thomas Young
1778–1854
Hannah Baker
1788–1831

William Adamson's Timeline

2 Records

1917
1917
Birth of William Douglas Adamson in Durban, Natal, South Africa
Durban, Natal, South Africa
1941
10 Dec 1941
Age 24
Death of William Douglas Adamson in At sea aboard HMS Repulse, off, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
At sea aboard HMS Repulse, off, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1917
    Event Place: Durban, Natal, South Africa
    Record Source: UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy and predecessors: Service Registers and Registers of Deaths and Injuries. REGISTERS OF REPORTS OF DEATHS

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Dec 1941
    Event Place: At sea aboard HMS Repulse, off, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, Peter Singlehurst; Naval Memorials in the United Kingdom Plymouth Part 10
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy and predecessors: Service Registers and Registers of Deaths and Injuries. REGISTERS OF REPORTS OF DEATHS

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, Peter Singlehurst; Naval Memorials in the United Kingdom Plymouth Part 10
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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