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Name: Peter Patterson Anderson
Number: 227514
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery.
Rank: Gunner.
Born: 13 January 1879 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.
Died: 15 August 1917     Killed in action      Age 38
Buried: The Huts, Belguim.
Battle: 3rd Battle of Ypres 'Passchendaele',
31 July-6 Nov 1917.

Son of George and Jessie Anderson.

1901 Census: 8 West Graham Street, Glasgow.
1911 Census: 'Hollydene' Blenheim Avenue, Stepps.
Address at death: 'Hollydene' Blenheim Avenue, Stepps.

CWGC site:   Yes.
SNWM site:   Yes.
Kirkintilloch Herald mention 29 August 1917.

Peter Anderson had been employed by Messrs Lambert, house furnishers, Glasgow. He married in 1907 and his wife and sons, Gardiner and George, were involved with the Scout movement in Stepps for many years.
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