BORN ABERDEEN 06/01/1898. SON OF JAMES ANDERSON (1871-1957) & JANE LOW (1874-1950), OF 196 WINCOLMLEE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A COTTON OIL REFINER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO EGYPT WITH THE 1/5th ESSEX REGIMENT. KILLED IN PALESTINE, ON 02/11/1917, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, JANE, AT THIS WAR PENSION ADDRESS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/11/1917.
First name:
JAMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
36767
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/11/1917
Place died:
Gaza War Cemetery, Israel & Palestine (including Gaza)
Age:
19
