Name
William John Anderson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/11/1916
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
22887
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2C
France
UK & Other Memorials
Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Weston
Pre War
Born in 1898 in Weston to John and Fanny Anderson. 1911 Census: living with family at Mill Hill, Weston, Nr Stevenage, Herts, when he was a schoolboy.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Ampthill, Beds. Death presumed during the battle of Ancre Heights (13-18 November 1916). Action on the Somme was ceased after this battle when snow and thaw converted the ground into a quagmire.
Additional Information
War gratuity of £3. 10s granted to father John.
Acknowledgments
Peter Handy, Brenda Palmer
