John Robert Anderson (d.1914)

Forenames: 

John Robert

Family Name: 

Anderson

Gender: 

  • Male

Date of Death: 

15th October 1914

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Spouse: 

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Quarter: 

July-September

Year: 

1893

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Source: 

FreeBMD

Notes: 

Died on HMS Hawke, 15th October 1914 when hit by German U-boat U-9 near Aberdeen in the North Sea.
According to Commonwealth War Graves Commission , he is commemorated at Chatham Dockyard, listed as a Cooper (Pensioner). Service number 135921
This is the ship which collided with RMS Olympic in 1911, although nobody was injured in that incident
Also mentioned on his parents-in-law's grave SSP-V-1

He was born 22nd June 1864 as the eldest son of Donald and Maria Anderson in Northfleet, Kent
He appears with his parents and two younger brothers on the 1871 census in Swanscombe, Kent
by 1881 the family (4 younger siblings) at 7 Church Road, Galley Hill, Swanscombe. Where he is working as a Clerk at a Cement Works.
Joined the Navy as a Cooper.
He married Mary Gertrude Wyatt in Portsea 2nd September 1893
He was stationed in Malta in 1901 on HMS Illustrious. Mary was living with her parents in Portsea, and their son Donald.