Private A Adamson, 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot. The battalion was due to return to the UK in 1881, but were diverted to to Natal to serve in the First Boer War. They were under the command of Major General Sir George Pomeroy Colley, when they occupied the summit of Majuba Hill near Volksrust on the night of 26–27 Feb 1881. The force of 350 British soldiers of the 58th and 92nd Regiments including a number of Royal Navy gunners, found themselves exposed to heavy and accurate fire early on the following day. They were attacked by a force of 2000 Boers and despite a desperate last stand, the survivors were swept from the summit. An abortive rearguard action was staged by the 15th Hussars and 60th Rifles, who had marched from a support base at Mount Prospect, but that had little impact on the Boer forces. Some 285 British troops were killed, captured or wounded. Private Adamson was one of those wounded in the action and was evacuated to Fort Amiel, Newcastle where he died of his wounds and was buried on 15 Mar 1881 aged 25 years.
Private A Adamson, 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot. The battalion was due to return to the UK in 1881, but were diverted to to Natal to serve in the First Boer War. They were under the command of Major General Sir George Pomeroy Colley, when they occupied the summit of Majuba Hill near Volksrust on the night of 26–27 Feb 1881. The force of 350 British soldiers of the 58th and 92nd Regiments including a number of Royal Navy gunners, found themselves exposed to heavy and accurate fire early on the following day. They were attacked by a force of 2000 Boers and despite a desperate last stand, the survivors were swept from the summit. An abortive rearguard action was staged by the 15th Hussars and 60th Rifles, who had marched from a support base at Mount Prospect, but that had little impact on the Boer forces. Some 285 British troops were killed, captured or wounded. Private Adamson was one of those wounded in the action and was evacuated to Fort Amiel, Newcastle where he died of his wounds and was buried on 15 Mar 1881 aged 25 years.
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