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L/Sgt. John Anderson
British Army 19th (St Pancras) Btn. London Regiment
from:Chalk Farm
John Anderson resided in Chalk Farm, his occupation was a French polisher. He was 5ft 3†and joined the 19th Battalion, London Regiment (number 1920, then 610032).
On the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25th September 1915, he was wounded in the head by gunshot. John survived and returned to his unit on 14th of October 1915. He was promoted from Private to Lance Corporal on 28th of June 1916 and then to Corporal on 12th of August 1916. On 15th of September 1916 John was appointed Lance Sergeant. On this day the 19th London Battalion were part of the second wave of the attack that captured High Wood (a part of the Battle of Flers-Courelette, itself part of the Somme offensive) and he received a bayonet wound to his wrist but only appears to have been away from his regiment for two days.
In 1917 he was posted to the London command depot in England and served there between 10th of April 1917 and 24th of September 1917 when he was discharged from the army due to the effects of wounds.
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