Andrew Peter ANDERSON
Abt 1897 - 1917 (20 years)
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Name Andrew Peter ANDERSON Birth Abt 1897 Monifieth, Forfarshire 
[1] Gender Male Reference Number V397 Death 3 Aug 1917 [2] - Killed WW1
Person ID I397 VaughanDavies Last Modified 29 Jan 2025
Father James ANDERSON, b. 1850, Little Dunkeld, Perthshire d. 12 Jan 1902, Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Age 52 years) Relationship natural Mother Janet Sprunt RATTRAY, b. 11 Aug 1855, Perth, Perthshire Relationship natural Family ID F230 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - Abt 1897 - Monifieth, Forfarshire 
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Notes - When he enlisted in the Royal Engineers to be a sapper on 5/12/1915, he was living at 2, Ogilvies Road, Dundee as a Tailor. This is where his mother was living. Assume his father had died. His age was given as 19y 3m at enlistment, height 5' 10", good eyesight and physical development. He had pleurisy in 1913.
He arrived in France 11/1/1917 in the 12th Btn The Sherwood Foresters and then to the ?16th Btn? (Also known as the Notts and Derby Regiment) on 2/2/17 and killed in action 3/8/17
- When he enlisted in the Royal Engineers to be a sapper on 5/12/1915, he was living at 2, Ogilvies Road, Dundee as a Tailor. This is where his mother was living. Assume his father had died. His age was given as 19y 3m at enlistment, height 5' 10", good eyesight and physical development. He had pleurisy in 1913.
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