Adam Fulton

Adam Fulton, April 1915

Adam Fulton, April 1915

a soldier of the border regiment
Survived the War

Full Name	Adam Fulton
Rank (highest)	Captain (Acting) / 20 July 1917 Lieutenant / 5 August 1915 2nd Lieutenant / 10 March 1915
Company	B Company, 7 Platoon
Battalion	6th Battalion / September 1915 – September 1916
Regiment	Border Regiment
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Born	10 July 1897 / Fife, Scotland
Education	Kelty Board School Dunfermline High School Beath High School University of Edinburgh
Spouse(s)	Jane Kelso / Married 1928
Children	Kelso Fulton / Scottish international rugby player Jean Fulton
Nationality	Scottish
Died	2 February 1997
Age	99 Years
Resting Place	Auchtermuchty Cemetery, Fife, Scotland
Coordinates	Latitude: 56.2884471 / Longitude: -3.2272866
Periodicals	Article in the 1994 Spring issue of the Western Front Association journal Stand To. Reminiscences and Experiences of Adam Fulton in the Great War (Part One) Reminiscences and Experiences of Adam Fulton in the Great War (Part Two) Reminiscences and Experiences of Adam Fulton in the Great War (Part Three)

Biography

Shortly after the onset the war, and underage, Adam Fulton was commissioned into the Border Regiment. In Gallipoli and Thiepval he was the platoon commander for 7 platoon, B Company. He was twice wounded in action firstly in 1916 at the Somme and, a year later at Ypres (Passchendaele).

The 6th Border Regiment War Diary entry for 26 September 1916 reads: "The attack of the Border Regiment (was)…led by Captain Carr and 2Lt Fulton who, though wounded before the objective was reached, carried on and saw his men established; the captures amounted to 2 machine guns and 191 prisoners, while nearly 100 enemy were killed; Captain Carr and 2Lt A. Fulton led most gallantly and were a very fine example to their men. Both of these officers were wounded before or at Joseph trench but continued in the attack and saw their men settle down to work in Schwaben before thinking of themselves. In the second trench Capt. Carr tackled 3 of the enemy single handed and accounted for two of these before he was knocked out by a second wound."

At Ypres Adam was the officer commanding A Company of the 1st Border Regiment, and had been newly promoted to the rank of Captain.

He served also with the University of Edinburgh Officer Training Corps (September 1914 / February 1915) and several other battalions of the Border Regiment.

• 3rd Border Regiment – April 1915 - June 1915
• 10th Border Regiment – June 1915 / 22 September 1915
• 6th Border Regiment – September 1915 / September 1916
• 3rd Border Regiment – December 1916 / February 1917
• 1st Border Regiment – February 1917 / August 1917
• 3rd Border Regiment – 29 November 1917 / 20 December 1917
• Command Depot, Heaton Park, Manchester - 20 December 1917 / 28 August 1918
• 3rd Border Regiment – 28 August 1918 / 31 December 1918
• 2nd Border Regiment - 31 December 1918 / January 1919
• Demobilised - February 1919

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• Promotion to Lieutenant – 5 August 1915
• Wounded – 26 September 1916
• Made acting Captain – 20th July 1917
• Wounded – 14th August 1917

Following the war he returned to the University of Edinburgh, changed course of study, and graduated M.R.C.V.S in 1922. He went into veterinary practice in Auchterarder and Lochgelly prior to joining the Colonial Veterinary Service in 1926. He served in the Gold Coast (Ghana) before being appointed in 1948 as the Director of the Joint Veterinary Services for Sierra Leone and The Gambia.

During the Second World War he served as second-in-command of the Northern Territories Home Guard. In 1940 he survived being torpedoed whilst on board the MV Accra. In the 1950s he worked for the Ministry of Agriculture travelling throughout Scotland inoculating cattle in the campaign to make all dairy herds tuberculosis free. Later he helped establish Liberia’s veterinary service on behalf of United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation.

At the time of his death he was 5 months away from reaching 100 years of age. In 1928 Adam married Jane Kelso, the daughter of Fife local council politician and businessman, Hugh Kelso. Fifty years later in 1988 Adam and Jane Fulton celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.
Photographs of Adam Fulton

References and notes

See notes and definitions for primary source material and further information.