Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
32
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
85th Bn.
Birth:
July 7, 1885
Big Baddeck, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
October 28, 1915
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
October 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Susan I. C. Anderson, of Poplar Grove Farm, South Side, Baddeck River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Major Percival William Anderson
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Photo of Percival William Anderson
Major P.W. Anderson M.C. 85th Battalion -
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Photo of Percival William
Captain (later Major) Percival William Anderson, MC (Vimy). Cropped from a vintage outdoor group portrait of original officers of the 85th Battalion CEF, circa October 1916-February 1917. -
War Diary Page 10
Battalion's War Diary that tells the reader what Major Anderson's actions were. -
War Diary Page 11
Battalion's War Diary that tells the reader what Major Anderson's actions were. -
War Diary Page 12
Battalion's War Diary that tells the reader what Major Anderson's actions were. -
Group Photo
In memory of the officers of the 85th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders who gave their lives during World War 1. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Major Percival William Anderson
Digital gallery of
Major Percival William Anderson
Digital gallery of
Major Percival William Anderson
Digital gallery of
Major Percival William Anderson
Digital gallery of
Major Percival William Anderson
Digital gallery of
Major Percival William Anderson
Digital gallery of
Major Percival William Anderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 191 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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