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I Was Only Sixteen
By Roland Griffiths-Marsh MM
First Into Action
By Duncan Falconer
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 32646" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Anderson </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>William Ellery (Bill) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Bn + 9 Bn </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant (T/Captain) + Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>148939 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Cross, Mention in Despatches </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>North Africa 1942-43 (MC) Arnhem 1944 (MiD) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 30.7.1919 Headington, Oxford (as William Ellery McMahon Anderson)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Beaumont</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 1939 (Trooper)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned Worcestershire Regiment 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Parachute Regiment in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Holland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 1943 Sicily</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>S.A.S. 1944-45</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>War Crimes Commission, Germany 1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Royal Ulster Rifles 1948-54 (Major)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>instructor,29th Brigade Battle Training School, Korea 1950-51</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded M.C., M.B.E. + French and American awards for Korea</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired 1954</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Expedition 1954-56</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Prison Service 1961</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Governor of Durham Prison</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Secretary of the Naval and Military Club ("In and Out"),94 Piccadilly, London W1 1971-82</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>author of "Banner over Pusan" and "Expedition South"</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Baroness Brigette von Burgsdorff 1948 (dissolved 1954) (1 son)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Dilys Roberts 1960 (1 daughter Emma)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 1.12.1992 London </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-anderson.10798/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/10/10798-5d215554b890c255998783e94fad5cd3.jpg?1591389922" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 32646, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Anderson [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]William Ellery (Bill) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]1 Bn + 9 Bn [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Lieutenant (T/Captain) + Lieutenant [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]148939 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Military Cross, Mention in Despatches [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]North Africa 1942-43 (MC) Arnhem 1944 (MiD) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 30.7.1919 Headington, Oxford (as William Ellery McMahon Anderson)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Beaumont[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 1939 (Trooper)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]commissioned Worcestershire Regiment 1940[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Parachute Regiment in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Holland[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]WIA 1943 Sicily[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]S.A.S. 1944-45[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]War Crimes Commission, Germany 1947[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Royal Ulster Rifles 1948-54 (Major)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]instructor,29th Brigade Battle Training School, Korea 1950-51[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]awarded M.C., M.B.E. + French and American awards for Korea[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]retired 1954[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Expedition 1954-56[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Prison Service 1961[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Governor of Durham Prison[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Secretary of the Naval and Military Club ("In and Out"),94 Piccadilly, London W1 1971-82[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]author of "Banner over Pusan" and "Expedition South"[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married Baroness Brigette von Burgsdorff 1948 (dissolved 1954) (1 son)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married Dilys Roberts 1960 (1 daughter Emma)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died 1.12.1992 London [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-anderson.10798/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/10/10798-5d215554b890c255998783e94fad5cd3.jpg?1591389922[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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