Geburtsdatum: 13/01/1879

Geburtsort: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Vereinigtes Königreich, Schottland

Beruf: Upholster

Land: Vereinigtes Königreich, Schottland

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Gunner

Dienstnummer: 227514

Einberufung ort: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Vereinigtes Königreich, Schottland

Einheiten:  —  Royal Field Artillery, "B" Bty. 298th Bde.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 15/08/1917

Sterbeort: Verbrandenmolen, Belgien

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 38

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

Gunner Peter Paterson Anderson served in “B” Battery of the 298th Army Brigade Royal Field Artillery. The Army Brigade participated in the Third Battle of Ypres, which started on the 31st of July 1917.

On the 22nd and 23rd of July 1917 “A”, “B” and “C” Batteries of the Army Brigade took up positions between Fosse Wood and Ravine Wood. The guns of “B” Battery were stationed at the hamlet of Verbrandenmolen. The Brigade came under tactical control of the 24th Divisional Artillery. On the opening day of the offensive the Batteries consequently supported the attack of the 72nd Infantry Brigade of the 24th Division near Bodmin Copse and Shrewsburry Forest, after which it supported the Division in the frontlines.

Gunner Peter Paterson Anderson was killed in action on the 15th of August 1917, while his Battery was still positioned at Verbrandenmolen. He possibly fell victim due to German Counter-battery fire. He was buried on the Huts Cemetery in Dikkebus.

McCarthy C., The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account, (London, Arms & Armour Press, 1995), pg. 20-22. Verwendete Quellen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/155920

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=5ca510ea-4aee-4792-a606-a8e51c0ce4eb

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/52156