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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 = [[2nd Lieutenant]]
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|company = B Company, 7 Platoon
|battalion = [[6th Battalion]]
|regiment = [[Border Regiment]]
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|born = 10 July 1897 / Fife, Scotland
|education = Kelty Board School, Dunfermline<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
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|nationality = Scottish
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|casualty_type = Survived the War
|died = 2 February 1997
|age = 99 Years
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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 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. Throughout the war he served with [[10th (Reserve) Battalion Border Regiment|10th (Reserve) Battalion]], [[6th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment|6th (Service) Battalion]] (7 Platoon, B Company), [[1st Battalion (Regular Army) Border Regiment|1st Battalion]] (A Company), [[3rd Battalion (Regular Army Reserve) Border Regiment|3rd (Reserve) Battalion]] and [[2nd Battalion (Regular Army) Border Regiment|2nd Battalion]] of The [[Border Regiment]].
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, Crieff and, Lochgelly prior to joining the Colonial Veterinary Service. He served in the Gold Coast (Ghana) before being appointed in 1949 as the Director of the Joint Veterinary Services for Sierra Leone and The Gambia – in the Gambia his staff included the country’s future prime minister and president, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara GCMG.
During the Second World War he served with the Northern Territories section of the Gold Coast 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 established 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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