BORN HULL 1887. SON OF HENRY ANDERSON (1854-1941) & MARTHA PRISCILLA WIGGINTON (1855-1888), OF 65, FOLKESTONE STREET, HULL. HIS OLDER BROTHER, JAMES WILLIAM ANDERSON, LIVED AT 7, FERN AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL. HE ALSO HAD THREE MARRIED SISTERS, IN HULL HULL, CANADA AND LONDON.
A BRICKLAYER BY TRADE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 144 LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 INCH CHEST, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE MARRIED ADA CAMPBELL LOWE, AND HAD A DAUGHTER, ENID, BORN ON 22/01/1916. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 13, GLADSTONE ROAD, SEACOMBE, CHESHIRE AND 31 LYNDMARSH STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 06/10/1914, AGED 26 YEARS. AS A BUILDER HE WAS POSTED AS 472259, TO THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/09/1917. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/7TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, ON 21/09/1917. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/10/1917, AGED 29. BURIED IN BELGIUM. HE HAD SERVED FOR 3 YEARS AND 21 DAYS.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ADA, WHO MOVED TO 5, FLORAL AVENUE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
