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George Anderson

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Photo, Peoples Journal 1925

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Kirkaldy
  • Service no: 241193
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 4th/5th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 25
  • Date of Death: 31/07/1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 37.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 364 Loons Rd, Lochee, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mary Jackson Anderson, 364 Loons Rd, Lochee, Dundee

  • Father:

    William Anderson, 364 Loons Rd, Lochee, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    John, Robert & Thomas

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about George Anderson

George has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial. He is believed to be the brother of L/Cpl John Anderson, 33125, 7th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment and Pte Robert Anderson, 024811, 18 Section, Army Ordnance Corps.

George Anderson   241193   Black Watch

ANDERSON―Killed in action on the 31st July, Lance-Corporal George Anderson, Black Watch, youngest beloved son of Mr and Mrs Anderson, 364 Loons Road, Dundee. – Inserted by his friend, also Nellie Henderson and Mrs Clark, 6 Marybank Lane, Lochee.

Dundee People’s Journal 29th September 1917

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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