Private John Anderson

Private John Duff Anderson, 2nd Battalion, Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ). He died from wounds in France, aged 33, on 26th March 1918 suffered during the German March Offensive ( Operation Michael ). He was the son of James Anderson and Mary Dagg of Hawick and the Husband of Agnes Anderson of Handler, Jedburgh. Before enlisting he had been employed on the Wolfelee Estate , Hawick and originally joined the 6th K.O.S.B. before transferring to the Cameronians. He died in the 53rd Casualty Clearing Station and is buried in Roye New British Cemetery, Somme, France, The photographs show Allied troops preparing to resist the oncoming Germans.

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