Private William Anderson

Private William Anderson, 1st/7th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was killed in action in France, aged 19, on the 2nd September 1918 during the ” Advance to Victory”. He had been born in Longformacus in 1898 and was the son of William and Isabella Anderson of Scarlaw, Longformacus. Before enlisting in November 1917 he had been employed as a shepherd. He is buried in Browns Copse Cemetery Roeux, France. The photos show Allied troops advancing during the final 100 days of the War. The Battalion was part of the 154th (3rd Highland ) Brigade in the 51st ( Highland ) Division and after the War an impressive Memorial was raised in commemoration. It was erected on the Somme overlooking “Y” Ravine which was taken when the Division stormed the German positions on the 13th November 1916. A Plaque on the Memorial reads in both English and Gaelic ” Friends Are Good On The Day Of Battle”.