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Private W J Anderson has no known grave and is commemorated on panel 22 on the Menin Gate in Ypres in Belgium. |
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William James Anderson was born into a farming family in Ballinahone, Knockloughrim about 1890. |
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He was a parishioner of Termoneeny Parish Church, Knockloughrim and a member of Ballinacross Purple Guards L.O.L. 1713. |
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William James Anderson married Sarah Jane Charters on 2nd August 1908. |
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The 1901 census lists William as age 24 living with his family at house 12 in Clooney, Tobermore, County Londonderry. William was a labourer. |
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Family: William Anderson (born about 1890), Sarah Jane Anderson (born about 1891), William James Anderson 1 (born 21st July 1909), Robert Anderson (born about 1911), John Anderson (born 8th April 1912), Agnes Anderson ? (born 19th September 1913), Herbert Anderson (born 16th January 1915), Eileen Anderson (born about August 1916). |
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William signed the Ulster Covenant in the Temperance Hall in Knockloughrim in September 1912. |
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Private William James Anderson was serving with D Company of the 10th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action at Passchendaele on 12 August 1917, almost a year after the birth of his youngest daughter Eileen. He was 28 years old. |
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Private William Anderson is also commemorated on the memorial plaque in Ballinacross Orange Hall. |
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The CWGC list Private Anderson as the husband of Sarah Jane Anderson of Ballinacross, Knockloughrim. |
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Most of the information and photos here was derived from the book 'They Didn’t Come Home’ recording the Castledawson War Dead. Page 12 is devoted to Private William James Anderson. |
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Last Will and Testament of Private William James Anderson |
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WILL: In the event of my death I give the whole of my property and effects to my wife Mrs William Anderson, Cabragh, Knockloughrim, Co Derry Ireland. Witness:- T G Wilson. 15292 William Anderson (his mark). Private 10th Inniskilling Fusiliers. 7th June 1917. |
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William James Anderson enlisted on 29 August 1914 at Finner Camp in Donegal. |
