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Military service
Service number:
186003
Age:
19
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth:
December 23, 1897
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 7, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. G. 19.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Harry Anderson
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Harry Anderson
Lance Corporal Harry Anderson<B> C Company (Machine Gun)<B> 1st. C.M.Rs. (Saskatchewan Regiment)<B> Born in Belfast, Ireland and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba -
Family Photo
Harry and his family in front of their home at 415 Alfred Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba.<p> Left to right; Harry, Harry's brother Sam, mother, Elizabeth (nee Crowe), Harry's sister, Isabelle and father Alex (Pop). -
Photo of Harry's Brother's Wedding
Harry's brother Sam's wedding to Amy Beavis in Crystal City, Manitoba 7 August 1928. Left to right: Sam Beavis (Amy's brother), Charlotte Todd, Amy, Sam, Marjory Greenway, Reverend Joseph Hunter and Hilda Hosegood -
Family Photo
Harry's sister Isabelle (Belle) and her husband Stan Westmacott in Winnipeg, Manitoba -
Family Photo
Monty Westmacott (Belle and Stan's son) probably at Gimli Beach in Manitoba -
Photo of Amy Anderson
On the 10 May 2011, Harry's great, great niece, Amy Anderson and her husband Tim visited Harry's grave at 9 Elms cemetry!! To the best of Gerry Anderson's knowledge (I am Amy's grandfather and Harry's nephew) Amy is the first member of the Anderson family to visit Harry's grave!! -
Photo of Amy Anderson
Amy at the gates to Nine Elms cemetery. Amy has found Harry!! -
Paying respects
Amy at Harry's grave with his picture. -
Grave Marker
Harry's tombstone at Nine Elms cemetery (7 - 10 April 1917) -
Photo of Amy Anderson
Amy recording her visit with Harry in the guest book at the Nine Elms Cemetery. -
Photo of Amy Anderson
Amy phoning home to tell the Family that she has visited with Harry and that she has kissed his head stone. -
Cemetery
Amy walking towards the Cross of Sacrifice in the Nine Elms cemetary. -
Trenches
The trenches around Nine Elms cemetery. Harry and his machine gun crew were most likely killed instantly by a shell that found them while they were valiantly operating their machine gun on the unprotected hell of no- man's- land.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Anderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 191 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY (France) Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village about 6.5 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Lens. The NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY is on the western side of the main road and about 1.5 kilometres south of the village.
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