Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookArdlair, Kennethmont, Farmer; _b._ at Muir of Rhynie, co.
Aberdeen, 30 June, 1856; enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders (then in
India) at Stirling, 9 July, 1874, and after being attached to the 91st
Highlanders in Ireland for a time, went out to India with a draft in
1876, and joined his own regt. at Sialkot, and served 17 years and 57
days in the ranks. He went through the Afghan War, 1878-80, first with
the Kuram Field Force; took part in the reconnaissance of 28 Nov.; the
assault and capture of Peiwar Kotal, passage of the Chappri Defile, the
Khost Valley Expedition, action of Matoon; then with the Kabul Field
Force; took part in the night attack on rearguard at Zahidabad, Battle
of Charasiah (promoted Sergt.); pursuit to Asniai Heights, occupation
of Kabul, actions at Doaba and Lataband, operations in and around Kabul
in Dec. 1879, relief of Sherpur; action of Childukbteran; march from
Kabul to relief of Kandahar, reconnaissance of 31 Aug. and battle of
1 Sept., and was awarded the medal with four clasps and the bronze
star. He afterwards served in the Egyptian Campaign, 1882; present
at Battle of Chalouf, seizure of Canal east of Ismailia, Battle of
Tel-el-Kebir, occupation of Zagazig and of Cairo (medal with clasp,
bronze star), and in the Bechuanaland Expedition, 1884-85, acting as
chief of the signalling party. He became Regimental Sergt.-Major, Sept.
1891, and was promoted Quartermaster, 22 Dec. 1894, with the hon. rank
of Lieut. He was with his regt. in Crete during the insurrection of
1896, and took part in the Nile Expedition, 1898. He was present at the
Battles of Atbara and Khartoum, and was again mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 30 Sept. 1898], and given the hon. rank of Capt. 16
Dec. 1898. On the conclusion of that campaign his services were asked
by Lord Kitchener and Sir Reginald Wingate for the Egyptian Army,
and he was attached to it with the rank of Major in 1901. He became
Director of Stores on the Headquarters Staff of the Egyptian Army in
1905, and his successful efforts in re-organisation and in matters of
armament and equipment were gratefully recognised by the Khedive and
Sirdar. He was made an Hon. Major in the British Army, 17 Oct. 1908,
a Lieut.-Col. in the Egyptian Army, and created a Bey and decorated
with the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh. His period of
services ended in 1911, but he was induced by Lord Kitchener to extend
his service for three years, and before this was ended the European
War had broken out. He volunteered to go to the Dardanelles, but was
retained at his post in Cairo, and he died there on active service, 31
Aug. 1914. Anderson Bey was a great traveller and explorer, and had
at one time or other penetrated to the outskirts of every province in
the Soudan, inspecting, hunting, sketching and snap-shooting. Speaking
Arabic fluently, his agreeable manners made him a welcome visitor,
and "Assad Ahmar" ("The Red Lion"), as the Arabs called him, had many
loyal friends among the desert tribes on the Nile. He was the author of
"Seaforth Songs and Ballads" and "Lays of Strathbogie."
[Illustration: =George W. Anderson Bey.=]
=MOORE-ANDERSON, WALTER GRAHAM, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O.=, Staff
Surgeon, R.N., 3rd _s._ of Sir Robert Anderson, of 39, Linden
Gardens, Bayswater, W., K.C.B., LL.D., late Assistant Commissioner of
Police, Scotland Yard, by his wife, Lady Agnes Alexandrina, sister of
Ponsonby William, 9th Earl of Drogheda, and dau. of Ponsonby Arthur
Moore; _b._ 7, Kensington Gore, S.W., 12 Sept. 1877; educ. Coombe
Down School, Bath, and Trinity College, Dublin, and took his degrees
in 1902. He was for some time House Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital,
Dublin, and joined the Navy in Nov. 1903, entering Haslar R.N.
Hospital, Portsmouth. During his three years on H.M.S. Scylla, Sept.
1908, to May, 1911, he saw three revolutions--at Haiti, Nicaragua and
Honduras--and was complimented on the wonderfully good health enjoyed
by that ship's company in the very trying West Indian climate. After
the outbreak of war he served in H.M.S. Royal Arthur--doing patrol
work in the North Sea--until Dec. 1914, when he went to the armed
merchantman Clan McNaughton, on the paying off of the Royal Arthur
(Cruiser), and was appointed Chief Medical Officer. She left Tilbury
Docks, London, just after Christmas, and was lost with all hands on
or about 3 Feb. 1915. Dr. Moore-Anderson was a very good all-round
sportsman, and while serving in the Impregnable training ship, did a
great deal in working up the boys' enthusiasm for manly sports and
exercises. He played cricket for the Navy on several occasions, and
in July, 1914, at 37 years of age, gained the Silver Cup presented
to the winner of the Officers' Flat Race for the Queenstown Training
Squadron. He _m._ at Plymouth, 6 July, 1907, Nora Edith Martin
(39, Linden Gardens, London, W.), yst. dau. of Alfred Henry Martin,
Paymaster-in-Chief, R.N., had issue a son, Barry Loftus, _b._ 12
July, 1911, _d._ 17 March, 1912.
[Illustration: =W. G. Moore Anderson.=]
=ANDERTON, JAMES=, Private, No. 8651, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of James Anderton, of 15, Harper Street, Wigan; _b._
Wigan, co. Lancaster; enlisted 30 June, 1913; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action in France,
16 May, 1915.
=ANDERTON, JOHN WAINWRIGHT=, Corpl., R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 14411,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _m._
=ANDERTON, WILLIAM LYON=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Duke of
Wellington's West Riding Regt.; elder _s._ of the Rev. William
Edward Anderton, M.A., Congregational Minister, Woodford Green,
Essex, by his wife, Ellen Anderton, dau. of John Tyrer, of Liverpool;
_b._ Woodford Green, 17 Jan. 1885; educ. St. Aubyn's School,
Woodford Green, and Merchant Taylors' School, where he gained his
colours for both cricket and football, and afterwards became a Director
of the firm of George Anderton & Son, Ltd., Cleckheaton, Yorkshire. On
the declaration of war, he enlisted as a Private in the West Riding
Regt., 10 Aug. 1914, and six months later (-- Jan. 1915) was given a
commission in his own regiment. He was shot by a sniper, while going
his rounds as bombing officer, at 4.30 a.m. on 21 Aug. 1915, about two
miles north of Ypres, on the eastern bank of the Yser Canal. Writing to
his father, Brig.-Gen. E. Brereton, Commanding 147th Infantry Brigade,
said: "I am able to send you the following particulars:--I left my
headquarters at 4 a.m. yesterday morning on my round of inspection.
There is one corner where one has to leave a trench and be in the open
more or less for about six paces, and then enter the trench again.
At about 4.30 a.m. I came to this bit, and as I turned into the open
found a small party with Mr. Law, of the 6th Battn., with your poor son
lying at their feet. They said: 'For God's sake jump in quick; they
have sniped Mr. Anderton.' I saw at a glance his case was hopeless,
poor boy. He was not suffering; of that I am |