Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookRoad, Auckland, New Zealand), dau. of Robert Coghill, of Wick, Scotland; _b._ Hokianga, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 March, 1882; educ. Auckland; joined the Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914; fought at Achi Baba on 8 May, was fortunate in getting through, but was mortally wounded a few days later in a rest camp, two miles in the rear of the firing line, from a stray bullet. He was shot in the back, above the kidneys, was taken on board the hospital ship Sicilia, and died between Gallipoli and Alexandria, 21 May, 1915; buried at sea; _unm._ [Illustration: =Henry Kemp Anderson.=] =ANDERSON, HENRY SMALL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1604), 209596, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ANDERSON, JOHN=, Sergt., No. 8150, 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of Jabez Anderson, of 87, Wood Street, Norton, Malton, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of (--); _b._ 20 May, 1887; educ. Bower Memorial School, Norton. Entered Army 24 April, 1905. Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 13 March, 1915; buried at Lavanta. Sergt. Anderson had completed ten years' service all but a few months with the Yorkshire Regt. He served through the S. African War, and in the present war passed unscratched through the heavy fighting at Mons, Ypres, and Armentières. =ANDERSON, JOHN GRANT=, Private, No. 71568, 27th Battn. (City of Winnipeg Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force; 2nd surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col. John Grant Anderson, Military Knight of Windsor (late the Leicestershire Regt., and formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers), by his wife, Beatrice, dau. of Col. Samuel Bradburne, Commanding 2nd Battn. The Leicestershire Regt.; _b._ Brentwood, co. Essex, 20 Nov. 1894; educ. at Christ's Hospital, Horsham, and the Imperial Service College, Windsor. Went to Canada in June, 1912, with a view to taking up farming there, and settled in Manitoba. Shortly after the war broke out, however, he enlisted, and came over to England with the 2nd Canadian Contingent, arriving at Shorncliffe on 29 May, 1915; and on 17 Sept., left with his Battn. for the Western Front. Very shortly after arrival in France, they were sent into the trenches in the fighting line in the Ypres district--he having meanwhile volunteered for the Grenade and Bombing Section of his battn., and during an enemy bombardment on 13 Oct., he was killed by a high explosive shell, which penetrated the parapet. He was buried in the Military Cemetery at Kemmel, Belgium, where his grave was carefully marked and tended by his comrades. The following are extracts from some of the letters received by his parents from his officers and comrades. From Major Beattie, Senior Chaplain, 2nd Canadian Division: "Your boy made many dear friends in the battn., and leaves a record that others might be proud to emulate." From Major Owen, Chaplain to the Brigade: "Your son was always spoken of very highly, a general favourite and very lovable. I have heard nothing but good of him." From Lieut. Cay, in charge of Grenade Section: "I want to say how much I appreciate the way in which all his work was done. You will know what I mean when I say he was a real soldier." From Corpl. Howard Chalmers: "He was very much endeared to us all by reason of his wonderful cheerfulness under all conditions. I need not tell you his death was a great loss to us all." From Pte. C. A. Smith, Grenade Section: "I can't say enough for him. Everybody had a good word for him, the bravest and kindest boy that ever lived." He was _unm._ [Illustration: =John Grant Anderson.=] =ANDERSON, KENNETH ANGUS=, Cadet, R.N., H.M.S. Bulwark, 2nd _s._ of Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson, of Stamford House, Wimbledon, K.C.M.G., by his wife, Louisa Mary, 4th dau. of the late James Cochrane Stevenson, for many years M.P. for South Shields; _b._ Kings Langley, Herts, 13 Nov. 1898; educ. St. Aubyn's School, Rottingdam; entered Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, in Sept. 1913. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he joined H.M.S. Bulwark, and lost his life when that ship was blown up at Sheerness on 26 Nov. 1914. [Illustration: =Kenneth Angus Anderson.=] =ANDERSON, JOHN ROBERT=, Pensioner Cooper, 135921, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =ANDERSON, MERVYN KEBBLE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Regt., 4th _s._ of James Anderson, of Brentford, Orwell Park, Dublin, by his wife, Sarah Olivia, dau. of Michael Thomas Brown; _b._ Ballina, co. Mayo, 22 Jan. 1892; educ. at the Diocesan School and St. Andrew's College, Dublin; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. (Special Reserve) of the Royal Irish Regt. 12 Sept. 1914; went to the Front in Jan. 1915. He was wounded by shrapnel while passing through a communication trench at Ypres on 7 May, 1915, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, 11 May following. His captain wrote: "As his captain I knew him better than any other officer in the regiment, and next to his own people I don't know who could feel his death more than I do, unless it be his men. He was always so good to them and thoughtful of their comfort. He was, indeed, a true type of British officer." [Illustration: =Mervyn Kebble Anderson.=] =ANDERSON, REGINALD WILLIAM CHRISTIE=, Private, No. S. 4, 070893, Army Service Corps, _s._ of Robert Anderson, of Fraserburgh, co. Aberdeen, Solicitor; _b._ Fraserburgh, 9 Nov. 1875; educ. Blair Lodge School, Polmont; enlisted 18 March, 1915, and _d._ of pneumonia in the Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, while going through his course of training. He _m._ Alvescot, co. Oxford, 9 Nov. 1901, Edith Elizabeth (The Warren, Carterton, Clanfield, S.O., Oxon.), only dau. of the late John Pearse, Fleet Engineer, R.N., and left two sons: Robert Pearse, _b._ 20 Feb. 1905, and John Christie, _b._ 3 Dec. 1908. [Illustration: =Reginald W. C. Anderson.=] =ANDERSON, ROBERT SAMUEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16946, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ANDERSON, SAMUEL=, Private, No. 997, 2nd Battn., Australian 1st Infantry Brigade, only _s._ of Charles Anderson, of Eastwick, Ollaberry, North Mavine, Shetland, R.N.R., by his wife, Christina, dau. of George Clark Sharp, of Ollaberry; _b._ Ollaberry, Shetland, 14 Nov. 1890; educ. Public School there; was a few months in the Merchant Service, and went to Australia in 1910, and was working on a farm until the outbreak of war. He enlisted, went with the 1st Australian Contingent to Cairo, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 15 April, 1915; _unm._ =ANDERSON, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 14318, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ANDERSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, Leading Seaman, J. 918, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ANDERSON BEY, GEORGE WHITEFIELD=, Quartermaster and Hon. Major, late Seaforth Highlanders, Director of Stores, Headquarters Staff, Egyptian Army, _s._ of the late James Anderson, Farmer in Bogieside, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Wright, of North |