Name
John Grant Anderson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/10/1915
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
71568
Canadian Infantry
27th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY
K. 45.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 20 Nov 1894 in South Weald, Brentwood, Essex younger son of Lt. Col. John Grant Anderson, Military Knight of Windsor (late Leicestershire Regt.) and Beatrice (Bradburne) Anderson of 14 Castle Yard, Windsor Castle, England. Educated at the United Services College and the Imperial Service College 1910-12. Emigrated to Manitoba, Canada to be a farmer in 1912. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Enlisted on 28 Oct 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, came to England with the 2nd Canadian Contingent and entered France on 17 Sep 1915. He was killed by a shell in the trenches near Ypres.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
