BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ROBERT & HELENA ANDERSON, OF 4, CHARLOTTE’S TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS) & LATER 55, LEE SMITH STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
HE SERVED AS A PETTY OFFICER, ON HMS “WARWICK”. DISCHARGED ON 19 MAY 1919. DIED OF WAR RELATED INJURY ON 27/04/1921, AGED 24.
HE IS BURIED IN A CWGC GRAVE AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PRIVATE, EVELYN ERNEST ANDERSON, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN HULL, ON 08/05/1918, AGED 19. HE LEFT 3158 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER ROBERT, A CUSTOMS WATCHER.
HIS BROTHERS, ROBERT ANDERSON, EYR & ALEXANDER ANDERSON, RGA, SERVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS. THEY ARE PICTURED WITH THEIR FATHER IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/01/1915. *
ANDERSON, WILFRED SYDNEY
Petty O12570
Aged 24 years.
Royal Navy H.M.S. “Warwick.”
Son of Robert and Helena Anderson, of 4, Charlotte’s Terrace, Clarendon St., Hull.
Buried with his brother.
Wilfred Sydney Anderson.
Petty Officer Royal Navy
H.M.S. “Warwick.” Died 27 April 1921 aged 24 years; Buried Hull Western Cemetery shared grave 531. 51253 Anderson Evelyn Ernest Private 220050- Depot 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment Depot Died of Wounds in London 8th May 1918 Age 19 years old;. Chanterlands Avenue Hull; Son of Robert (late Quartermaster Sergeant HMS Dreadnought) & Helena Anderson of 4 Charlotte’s Terrace Clarendon Street Hull. Eldest Son Wilfred Royal Navy one of eight children, Six Boys and two Girls. Buried Western Cemetery Hull additional Inscription – W. S. Anderson P.O. R.N J/12530 HMS Warwick 21/4/1921 aged 24 years one of the Best; His other brothers, Albert served in the 3rd EYR and Alex in the Royal Field Artillery. Their story is reported in the ‘Hull Times’
