Name
Francis Sainthill Anderson (MC)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/08/1918
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
Royal Field Artillery
“A” Battery, 15th Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Military Cross
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY
II. B. 10.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 22 Nov 1894 in Straits Settlement, Penang son of Brig. Gen. Sir Francis James and Lady Frances Alice (O’Gorman) Anderson later of Ballydavid, Rossduff, Waterford, Ireland. Educated at Haileybury College 1909-12 and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Wartime Service
Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in 1915, he served in "N" Battery. Royal Horse Artillery, "The Eagle Troop," as subaltern and Capt. for nearly 3 years. Military Cross (London Gazette 1 Jan 1918).
Killed in action by shell wounds.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
