Lieutenant Henry McDonnell Anderson was awarded a Military Cross for bravery.Death: May 30, 1918 Note: Lieutenant, D Coy, 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers attd. 63rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds received in enemy air raid at Doullens. Son of John and Mary Anderson, of 32 Dargle Rd, Drumcondra, Dublin. Native of Portaferry, Co. D Burial:Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt GezaincourtDepartement de la SommePicardie, FrancePlot: III. A. 9.
The Irish Times, May 30, 1919: Roll of Honour. Anderson-In loving memory of Lieutenant H McD Anderson (Harry), Northumberland Fusiliers, who died in hospital at Doullens, France, (hospital bombed), 30th May, 1918.
Irish Independent. Lieutenant H McD Anderson, Died of wounds, son of Mr John Anderson, 32 Dargle Road, Dublin. he had been wounded and in hospital when it was bombed by enemy aircraft. III. A. 9. Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt in France..
Source: Tome Burnell, War Historian
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