Regiment Yorkshire (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Later Green Howards
Now 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. Disbanded, July 2012
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Corporal
Place Of Birth Dallas, Elgin, Grampian, Scotland
Place Of Death Rue de Tilleloy, Neuve Chapelle, Pas de Calais, France
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Named on the Le Touret Memorial to the Missing (CWGC) Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 22 May 1915
VC Presented 19 May 1920 by GOC 7th Division, Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Davies at Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland to his brother, A. Anderson
Memorials
P Named on Le Touret Memorial to the Missing (panel 12), Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France
P Named on war memorial, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Village Hall, Dallas, Moray, Scotland
P Memorial Stone, War Memorial, Dallas, Moray, Scotland
By The Way…
During his VC action he took over 120 prisoners
VC Held By
Green Howards Regiment Museum, Trinity Church Square, The Market Place, Richmond, Yorkshire, England
