BORN BURLEY IN WHARFENDALE, YORKSHIRE, 1879. SON OF GEORGE SUMMERTON ANDERSON (1845-1915) AND MARY ANN POPPLETON. A FLOUR MILL LABOURER. HIS WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH HURD (1876-1948) & SON TEDDY ANDERSON LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 18TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 38. HE IS COMMEMORSTED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE, WHO RE-MARRIED IN 1933. HE ALSO LEFT BROTHERS, HERBERT, ARTHUR AND HAROLD, AND SISTER SARAH JANE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 29/06/1917 & 25/02/1918.
| Name | John William Anderton |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Burley-in-wharfedale, Yorkshire, 1879 |
| Death Date | 3 May 1917 |
| Death Place | Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull. Husband of Annie Elizabeth Anderton, of 191, Buckingham St., Holderness Rd., Hull. |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment |
| Battalion | 18th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 34286 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
34286
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
38
