Eric Munro Anderson - Ottawa, Ontario
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This memorial is dedicated to Acting Bombardier Eric Munro Anderson who gave his life for this country on August 10, 1918 aged 28 years. The memorial plaque is located inside Christ Church Cathedral, located at 414 Sparks Street, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WM16A0K
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/10/2022
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Inscription on the plaque:
To the glory of God and in loving memory of
Acting Bombardier Eric Munro Anderson
Bom' 'D'R 53rd Battery C.F.A.
who gave his life for his country
Aug. 10-1918 Aged 28 YEARS
Buried in Bouchoir cemetery France.
The following information provided courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
In memory of:
Acting Bombardier Eric Munro Anderson
August 10, 1918
Military Service
Service Number: 318939
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Field Artillery
Division: 13 Bty. (13th Field artillery absorbed on 22 January 1917 by 52nd and 53rd Batteries
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Additional Information
Born: July 1, 1890, Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment: March 20, 1916
Ottawa, Ontario
Son of Frederick Charles and Minerva C. Anderson, of Belleville, Ontario.
Commemorated on the Eric Munro Anderson Plaque.
Commemorated on Page 359 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Burial Information
Cemetery:
Bouchoir New British cemetery
Somme, France
Grave Reference:
I. C. 88.
Location:
Bouchoir is a village in the Department of the Somme on the straight main road from Amiens to Roye. The Bouchoir new British cemetery is on the north-east side of the road nearly 2 kilometres south-east of the village.
Information obtained from a newspaper clipping - Orillia Times 29 August 1918
Word was received last week of the death in action of Gunner Eric Munro Anderson, 53 Battery, C.F.A., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs F.C. Anderson of 304 First Avenue Ottawa and grandson of the late Major C.J. and Mrs Anderson and Mrs A.T. Kerr, Toronto. Gunner Anderson was well known in Orillia, having been teller in the local branch of the Dominion Bank for sometime.