219456 Pte. Walter Anderson British Army 2nd Batt Northamptonshire Regiment from:Northampton Pte. Walter Anderson was my Grandfather. He served with the 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment and was stationed in Egypt at the outbreak of war. The battalion was transferred to France in November qualifying for the comptemptables bar of which he was very proud. What research I have been able to do shows he was injured early on but returned to the unit for the Battle of Aubers Ridge where he was shot through the throat going over and was treated by Indian doctors from the neighbouring Indian battalion. He was returned again to France and family history is that although on crutches was sent to the Egyptian front and was at the taking of Jerusalem. I have been unable to fill in gaps of his war service as records are patchy and he did not always return to the same battalion. Again family memories are that he was also on the Somme and Ypres salient
Having been a regular soldier for about eight years prior to the war he was discharged I believe in 1919 however his war experiences seemed to have affected him as I am told by his daughter my mum he was unable to speak for many months after.
I have few memories of my grandfather but those who knew him spoke of a kind gentle man well respected by all. He passed away in 1950 as a result of an accident at work.
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