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MC GV;
QSA (6) Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (10434 Cpl. H. J. Anderson. R.A.M.C.);
KSA (2) (10434 Corpl: H. J. Anderson. R.A.M.C.);
1914 Star, with copy clasp (10434 S. Mjr. H. J. Anderson. R.A.M.C.);
British War and Victory Medals, with MID (Q.M. & Capt. H. J. Anderson.);
GSM (1) Iraq (Q.M. & Capt. H. J. Anderson.);
Army LS&GC GV (10434 S. Sjt: H. J. Anderson. R.A.M.C.)

MC London Gazette 1 January 1915: Serjeant-Major H. J. Anderson, Royal Army Medical Corps.

MID London Gazettes 19 October 1914 (Field Marshal Sir John French’s Despatch of 8 October 1914) and 17 February 1915 (Field Marshal Sir John French’s Despatch of 20 November 1914) .

Henry John Anderson was born on 18 October 1879 and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Boy soldier in March 1895. Promoted Corporal, he served with the RAMC in South Africa throughout the Boer War, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct medal in March 1913. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 August 1914 (entitlement to the clasp to his 1914 Star confirmed), and within the space of five months on the Western Front had been twice Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Military Cross. Advanced Warrant Officer Class I in January 1915, he was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on 9 May 1915, and was promoted Captain on 9 May 1918. Appointed temporary Major on 20 February 1919, he finally relinquished his commission on 25 June 1919.