Agar Adamson, DSO | |
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Born | |
Died | 21 November 1929 | (aged 63)
Resting place | Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery, Port Credit, Ontario |
Nationality | Canadian citizenship - British subject |
Occupation(s) | Civil servant, soldier |
Known for | Commander of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry |
Military Service | |
Allegiance | Canada |
Service | Canadian Militia Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Years of service | 1893 - 1903 1914 - 1917 |
Rank | 2nd Lieutenant Captain Lieutenant-Colonel |
Unit | Governor General's Foot Guards 3rd (Special Service) Battalion, RCRI Lord Strathcona's Horse 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry |
Battles / wars | Second Boer War |
Agar Stewart Allan Masterton Adamson DSO (25 December 1865 – 21 November 1929) was a Canadian soldier who married the Toronto heiress Mabel Cawthra. He served with distinction in the Second Boer War and in World War I, and commanded the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from 1916 to 1918. He died after an airplane crash in the Irish Sea.