BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOE SMITH ANDERTON (1863-1925) & SARAH ELLEN HARDISTY, OF 10, ENDSLEIGH VILLAS, WELLSTED STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). SON OF A BRASS FINISHER. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN.
HE MARRIED SARAH ELLEN BREARLY, AT LEEDS, IN 1913. WORKED AS A MILLING MACHINIST FOR AMACO ENGINEERS, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/10/1914, AGED 27 AND 4 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS “FRESH” COMPLEXION, GREY EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, 37.5 INCH CHEST, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. JOINED AS A FITTER IN THE 2ND NORTHUMBRIAN ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 20/04/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE THE RFA 250TH BRIGADE. WOUNDED IN THE LEFT ARM, ON 29/04/1918. INVALIDED TO ENGLAND ON 03/05/1918. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY ON 28/08/1920. SERVED FOR 5 YEARS AND 319 DAYS.
HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE MINISTRY OF PENSIONS HOSPITAL, LEEDS, ON 13/01/1925. HE LEFT £216 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE WAS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. THERE IS NO CWGC RECORD, OF HIS DEATH.
LISTED ON HARRY SMITH ANDERTON’S, WAR PENSION CARD, AT THE SAME ADDRESS, IS ANOTHER, CORPORAL, HAROLD ANDERTON, 3738, 1/4TH EYR, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/09/1916. (TWO HARRY’S AT SAME ADDRESS?)
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ARNOLD ANDERTON, ALSO DIED OF WOUNDS ON 16/02/1916, AGED 22 AND IS BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETTERY, HULL.
