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|image1 = Fulton, Adam Border Regiment, April 1915.jpg
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|image1_alt = Adam Fulton, April 1915
|image_caption = Adam Fulton, April 1915
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|rank = [[Captain]] (Acting) / 20 July 1917<br>[[Lieutenant]] / 5 August 1915<br>[[2nd Lieutenant]] / 10 March 1915
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|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<br>Dunfermline High School<ref>The school roll of honour entry reads: ''Fulton, Adam, Capt., 1st Border Regiment. Commissioned, 10th March 1915. Gallipoli, September 1915. Left at the evacuation for Egypt. Drafted to France in following June. Wounded at the Somme, 26th September. Invalided home, but returned to France, February 1917. Wounded second time, 13th August 1917. Son of Mr Adam Fulton, Netherton, Kelty.''</ref><br>Beath High School<br>University of Edinburgh<ref>The university roll of honour entry reads: ''FULTON, ADAM. Student of Medicine, 1914-15. O.T.C. Infantry, Oct. 1914 to March 1915, Cadet. 10th Border Regiment, 2nd Lieut; Lieut. Aug. 1915.''</ref>
|former_employment =
|spouse = Jane Kelso / Married 1928
|children = Kelso Fulton / Scottish international rugby player<br>Jean Fulton
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|siblings =
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|nationality = Scottish
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|casualty_type = Wounded twice / Survived the War
|died = 2 February 1997
|age = 99 Years
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|resting_place = Auchtermuchty Cemetery, Fife, Scotland
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|periodicals = Article in the 1994 Spring issue of the Western Front Association journal Stand To.<br>[[Reminiscences and Experiences of Adam Fulton in the Great War (Part One)]]<br>[[Reminiscences and Experiences of Adam Fulton in the Great War (Part Two)]]<br>[[Reminiscences and Experiences of Adam Fulton in the Great War (Part Three)]]
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|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.<ref>At the time of the Officers’ photograph, early 1916, B Company comprised of: Officer Commanding - Captain RN Carr; Second in Command / Deputy – KM Chance; Platoon Commanders - Lt CB May, 2Lts A Fulton, FW Stiven and JG Runciman.</ref> He was twice wounded in action firstly in 1916 at the Somme and, a year later at Ypres (Passchendaele).<ref>[https://thefallenservicemenofsouthwestcountydurham.com/cooke-e-e-j/ Edgar Edward Julian Cooke]. The Fallen Servicemen of South West County Durham. Accessed 26 April, 2020.</ref>
The [[6th Battalion War Diary, September 1916|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 gun]]s 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]].
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*[[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
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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.
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|images = For more photographs see [[:Category:Photographs of Adam Fulton|Photographs of Adam Fulton]]<br>
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File:Fulton, Adam Border Regiment, April 1915.jpg
File:Fulton, Adam Border Regiment 1915.jpg
File:Fulton, Adam Border Regiment (cropped).jpg
File:Fulton, Adam Border Regiment (02).jpg
File:Fulton, Adam Shoeburyness 1915.jpg
File:Fulton, Adam Border Regiment.jpg
File:Fulton, Adam Alexandria 1916.jpg
File:Fulton, Adam Ballybunion, Egypt 1916.jpg
File:Dedman, Fulton, May, Carr, Stiven, B Company (6th Border Regiment).jpg|Officers: [[John Johnstone Dedman|Dedman]], [[Adam Fulton|Fulton]], May, [[Ronald Nicholson Carr|Carr]], [[Frank Watson Stiven|Stiven]]
File:6th Border Regiment Officers, Egypt 1916.jpg|2nd Lieutenant Fulton (top row, 4th from left) Sidi Bashr, Egypt, 1916
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