Memorial

Maj M H Anderson

Major Anderson

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Current Location

ST ANDREWS CHURCH, Linton Rd, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 6UG, England

SP 51186 08171

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 32003
Description: LAUNCET-SHAPED WALL-MOUNTED BRASS PLAQUE. INCISED LETTERING. REGIMENTAL BADGE TOP CENTRE. DECORATIVE BORDER.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ MAJOR/ MACCLESFIELD HEPTINSTALL ANDERSON/ 35TH QUEEN VICTORIA'S OWN LIGHT CAVALRY/ AGED 42/ SECOND SON OF THE LATE/ GENERAL SIR HORACE ANDERSON, K.C.B./ HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN MESOPOTAMIA/ ON APRIL 29TH 915/ WHILST IN COMMAND OF A RECONNAISSANCE/ HIS BODY IS LAID TO REST/ IN THE DESERT AT IMAMZADEH ALI IBUHUSAIN/ THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER & SISTERS/ AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS MANLY AND LOVABLE CHARACTER/ (UNABLE TO READ NEXT LINE FROM PHOTOGRAPH)/ "BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE"

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Unknown