Colonel WILLIAM ANDERSON
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Date of Death
Died 02 January 1944
Age 57 years old
Buried or commemorated at
LEE (ST. JOHN OF BEVERLEY) NEW CHURCHYARD, ACOMB
Sec. C. Grave 9.
United Kingdom
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Companion of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Territorial Decoration
- Additional Info A.D.C. Son of James Verty Anderson and Ann Elizabeth Anderson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Elizabeth Gladys Anderson (nee Robb), of Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne. D.L., J.P., Commanded the 149th (Northumberland) Infantry Brigade (T.A.) 1931-1935. Served at sea from 1940-1943 as Offr. Cdg. Troops. Mentioned in Despatches, 1914-18 War.
- Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE GLADLY FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY
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