Corporal DUNCAN ANDERSON
Last address in Lewis: 5 Kershader,
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7424
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 11 April 1917 at the age of 22
Killed in action in France
Interred: Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux, grave II. E. 33.
Local memorial: Park, Kershader
War diary entry for 11 April 1917.
His brother Donald also served in the Seaforth Highlanders and his brother John was a second hand in the Merchant Navy.
Stornoway Gazette
Official intimation has been received that Corporal Duncan Anderson, 5
Kershader, is presumed to have been killed during the Somme advance.
Corpl. Anderson was mobilised in August 1914, being at the time attached
to the Seaforth militia. He was sent to France towards the end of that
same year, and had been there ever since, having only once got leaving
during all that time, when he spent a few days with his friends at home
in the winter of 1915. He had seen a great deal of hard fighting, and
passed scathless through it all. During the Somme offensive last year,
through which he passed without a scratch, he was promoted Corporal and
was made chief bomber of his company. A few days ago word was received
that he was missing as from the 11th April, and it was reported later
that he was presumed to have fallen in action on that date. His older
brother, John, is in the Mercantile Marine, and his younger brother,
Donald, has lately joined the Seaforths. He was about 22 years of age.
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John Anderson, Stornoway
Private JOHN ANDERSON
Date of birth: April 1886
Place of brith: Isle of Lewis
Height: 5 ft 6½ in
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Fair
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade / occupation: Shoesmith
Last address in Lewis: Stornoway
Not married
Military unit: 16th Canadians (Canadian Army Medical Corps)
Service number: 536451
Volunteered at St John NB on 28 February 1917
Date of death: 27 June 1918 at the age of 32
Cause of death: Drowned in sinking of hospital ship Llandovery Castle
Memorial: Halifax Memorial, panel 2
The Llandovery Castle, which measured 11,423 GRT, was en route from Halifax to Liverpool when she was sunk by U-86, 116 miles west of Fastnet, Ireland. Apart from John Anderson, 145 other lives were lost.
Date of birth: April 1886
Place of brith: Isle of Lewis
Height: 5 ft 6½ in
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Fair
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade / occupation: Shoesmith
Last address in Lewis: Stornoway
Not married
Military unit: 16th Canadians (Canadian Army Medical Corps)
Service number: 536451
Volunteered at St John NB on 28 February 1917
Date of death: 27 June 1918 at the age of 32
Cause of death: Drowned in sinking of hospital ship Llandovery Castle
Memorial: Halifax Memorial, panel 2
The Llandovery Castle, which measured 11,423 GRT, was en route from Halifax to Liverpool when she was sunk by U-86, 116 miles west of Fastnet, Ireland. Apart from John Anderson, 145 other lives were lost.
James Parker Anderson, Stornoway
Second Lieutenant JAMES PARKER ANDERSON
Last address in Lewis: Glen House, Stornoway
Son of William Anderson and Mary Parker, married to Mary Glen Alexander
Service unit: 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
Date of death: 26 December 1918 at the age of 34
Died of illness at Edinburgh
Was a teacher
Interred: Perth (Wellshills) Cemetery, grave C (P2) 25
Memorial: Nicolson Institute WW1 memorial, left panel
Last address in Lewis: Glen House, Stornoway
Son of William Anderson and Mary Parker, married to Mary Glen Alexander
Service unit: 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
Date of death: 26 December 1918 at the age of 34
Died of illness at Edinburgh
Was a teacher
Interred: Perth (Wellshills) Cemetery, grave C (P2) 25
Memorial: Nicolson Institute WW1 memorial, left panel
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