William Scheddon Anderson

Died of Wounds and enteric fever on the 18/08/1916 at the Stationary Hospital, Karachi

William arrived in France on the 16/02/1915. The Royal Field Artillery was the most numerous arm of the artillery, the horse-drawn Royal Field Artillery was responsible for the medium calibre guns and howitzers deployed close to the front line and was reasonably mobile. The Royal Horse Artillery was responsible for light, mobile guns that provided firepower in support of the cavalry. It was the senior arm of the artillery, but the one that developed and grew least during the Great War. In 1914 the normal establishment of the Royal Horse Artillery was one Battery to each Brigade of cavalry. William Died of Wounds and enteric fever at the Stationary Hospital, Karachi. William is also commemorated on the Delhi Memorial (Face 1 India Gate). See photos for William's Medal Index Card, his name on the Kipps Memorial, Shimla Cottage, Coatbridge, his CWGC Grave Registration, his Reburial Form, his parents' Marriage Certificate (states James, Hannah, Thomas and Agnes were William's half brothers and sisters), his and his sister Annie's Birth Certificate, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects x 2, his Service Medal and Award Rolls x 2, William's Pension Records x 2 and the Royal Field Artillery Cap Badge.