George Anderson (Robertson)
Rank: Private
Service No: 7372
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 10/3/1915
Theatre of Death: France
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (2nd Bn.)
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial
Soldier’s Effects information: Annie G Aitken
1901 census information:
Address: 176 King Street, Rutherglen.
Father: John (36) mason’s labourer, born about 1865 in Rutherglen.
Mother: Jessie Aitken (36) born about 1865 in Rutherglen.
Brother: James (16) apprentice mason, born about 1885 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Alexander(14) tube work’s labourer, born about 1887 in Rutherglen.
Brother: William (11) born about 1890 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Archibald (8) born about 1893 in Rutherglen.
Self: George (7) born about 1894 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Robert (4) born about 1897 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Jessie (1 month) born about 1901 in Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript – Private George Anderson or Robertson, 2nd Scottish Rifles, was killed on the field of battle on March 10.
Newspaper transcript –Mr John Anderson, 18 Cathcart Street, Rutherglen, who had seven sons in active service has received intimation of the death of one of them, and that another has been wounded and is a prisoner in Germany. The names and ages of the sons are:- Private James (31), 12th H.L.I.; Private Alexander (29), Royal Scots; Able Seaman John (27), RNR; Private William (25), 1st H.L.I.- prisoner of war in Germany; Private Archibald (23), A.S.C.; Private George (21), 1st Scottish Rifles – killed in action at Neuve Chapelle; Private Robert (19), 1st H.L.I. Mr Anderson himself applied to be admitted into the Army, but was refused due to defective vision.
Brother of Alexander Anderson and Archibald Anderson