| Rank | Private, 2 Bn Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| Service Number | 13176 |
| Born | about 1892 in Broughty Ferry |
| Parents | George Anderson (Gardener at Northcliff) and Ann |
| Date of death | 12 October 1916 (Aged about 24) |
| Grave | No known grave |
| Other Memorials | Inverkeithing Memorial. Pier and Face 2C Thiepval Memorial. |
Census 1911 at North Cliff Lodge, William Anderson (19) born Broughty Ferry, Domestic Gardener, son of George (61) Domestic Gardener and Ann.
Assumed to have moved south for employment and enlisted in the local regiment.
Killed in action (presumed to be in the battle of Le Transloy, Somme. During this two day battle the battalion had 15 officers and 242 other ranks killed).
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Scottish War Memorials Project
Census 1911
Soldiers Died in Great War
National Archives. Medal Card. Soldier’s Effects
www.bedfordregiment.org.uk (extract from Battalion War Diary)
Alex Morris
Here dead we lie, Because we did not choose
To live and shame the land, From which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, Is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is, And we were young.
[Here Dead We Lie, A.E. Housman]
When You Go Home,
Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Your Tomorrow,
We gave our Today
[Kohima, attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds]
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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