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|rank = [[Captain]] (Acting) / 20 July 1917<br>[[Lieutenant]] / 5 August 1915<br>[[2nd Lieutenant]]
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|company = B Company, 7 Platoon
|battalion = [[6th Battalion]] / September 1915 – September 1916
|regiment = [[Border Regiment]]
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|casualty_type = Wounded twice / 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 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. Throughout the war he served with several 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
*3rd Border Regiment – 28 August 1918 / 31 December 1918
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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, 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.
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