Military service
Service number:
B/72828
Age:
29
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
August 4, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 8, 1939
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 14, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV, H, 3.
Additional information
Son of Robert and Janet Adams, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Gladys Adams of of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Douglas Adams
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Photo of George Douglas Adams
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Biography
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Telegram
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Letter
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Card
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Adams
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Adams
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Adams
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Adams
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Adams
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Adams
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Adams
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Adams
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Adams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 234 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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