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James Wanless Anderson

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James Pension Record (image courtesy of WFA)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Falkirk
  • Service no: 275642
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 35
  • Date of Death: 10.10.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Vis-En-Artois Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 10

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: Benvie Rd, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mary Murdoch Anderson

  • Father:

    William Preston Anderson, 422 Cullen Tce, Carron, Falkirk

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More about James Wanless Anderson

James has no known grave but is remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial.

James Wanless Anderson   275642   Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

ANDERSON―Killed in action, on October 10th, Private James Wanless, A. and S.H., second son of William Anderson, moulder, Falkirk, late of Benvie Road, Dundee.

Dundee People’s Journal 16th November 1918

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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