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 SARAGH 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.
HIS BROTHER ARNOLD ANDERTON, DIED OF WOUNDS IN 1916, AGED 22.
