In Memory Of
ANDERSON, JOHN LAWRENCE KING
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1894-12-22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
55th Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
1918-05-31
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, flying in DH.4 A7825; his observer was Sergeant H Nelle, also killed. At the time of his death, No 55 Squadron was based at Tantonville. His aircraft was seen by other crews in the formation to go down in flames, following attack from an enemy aircraft, over Karlsruhe.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. A. 6.
Cemetery:
NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY
Localitly:
Kassel, Hessen
Country:
Germany
Additional Information
Son of John and Anne Blair Anderson, of Cramilt, East Griqualand, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Franklin Church Cemetery, East Griqualand
