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Arthur Ernest Anderson

Rank:SergeantNumber:2343*
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:06th Bn [1]
Name of Rgt or Ship:Manchester Rgt
Died:12/08/1915Age:37
How Died:Died
Country of burial:GreeceGrave Photo:No
Cemetery or Memorial:East Mudros Cemetery
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Born on the 6th May 1878, the birth being registered during the June
quarter 1878 in the Chorlton R.D. - ref: 8c/826, the son of William & Ann
Anderson (nee Potts).    Baptised at St. Savior P.C. Manchester on the 26th
May 1878.

1881 Census - 30 Maskell  Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester.   Son -
aged:2 - born: Manchester.   Head of household - William Anderson - Married
- aged - 46 - occ: Joiner & Builder, employing 3 men - born: Rusholme,
Manchester.   Also Anne Anderson -  Wife - aged: 46 - born: Rusholme.  
Plus 3 elder siblings.

1891 Census - 433 City Road, Stretford.   Son - aged: 12 - born:
Manchester.    Head of household - William Anderson - Married - aged - 56 -
occ: Provision Dealer - born: Manchester.   Also Anne Anderson -  Wife -
aged: 56 - born: Manchester.   Plus 4 elder siblings and his maternal
grandmother.

WO97 - Attested at Manchester into the Royal Army Medical Corps - on the
8th January 1900 in answer to the call for troops to go to South Africa. 
Service No.  No. 13151.  Born at Ardwick, Manchester - aged: 21 years 7
months - occ: Salesman.   He was 5 feet 9 inches in height - weighed 154 lb
- had an expanded chest measurement of 36 inches.  His complexion - Fresh -
eyes Grey - hair Dark Brown - CofE.   Promoted to the rank of Corporal.  
Served "At Home" from the 8th to the 23rd February 1900.  South Africa from
the 24th February 1900 to the 15th August 1901.   At Home from the 16th to
the 20th August 1901  His mother - Ann Anderson, 433 City Road, Hulme.

Discharged at his own request on the 20th August 1901

1901 Census - No Trace - serving in South Africa.

Married - Elizabeth Williams during the September quarter 1910 in the
Chorlton R.D. - ref: 8c/1670.

1911 Census - 32 Bath Street, Hulme, Manchester.   Son-in-Law - Married -
aged: 32 - occ: Woolen Salesman - born: Manchester.   Head of household -
William Williams - Married - aged: 59 - occ: Furniture Remover - born:
Manchester.   Also Elizabeth Anderson - Married - aged: 29 - occ:
Housekeeper - born: Manchester.  Plus2 brothers-in-Law.

WO363 - No Trace.

Commemorated on the family grave in Sale Cemetery.

Probate granted at Manchester in November 1915.   Arthur Ernest Anderson of
32 Bath Street, Hulme.     Died on the 12th August 1915 at the Dardanelles
whilst on active service.   Sergeant in the 1/6th Bn Manchester Rgt.  
Estate valued at £229. 8s. 10d.

CWGC - Son of William & Ann Anderson, Manchester.  Husband of the late
Elizabeth Anderson, "Upton Nervet", Woodland Road, Colwyn Bay, Wales.

M.I. - "On the Battlefield of Life.  Jesus helped me in the strife".




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