ANDERSON, MERVYN KEBBLE, Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regt., 4th son of James Anderson, of Brentford, Orwell Park, Dublin, by his wife, Sarah Olivia, daughter of Michael Thomas Brown; b. Ballina, co. Mayo, 22 Jan. 1892; educated at the Diocesan School and St. Andrew's College, Dublin; gazetted 2nd Lieutenant to the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve) of the Royal Irish Regt. 12 Sept. 1914; went to the Front in Jan. 1915. He was wounded by shrapnel while passing through a communication trench at Ypres on 7 May, 1915, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, 11 May following. His captain wrote: "As his captain I knew him better than any other officer in the regiment, and next to his own people I don't know who could feel his death more than I do, unless it be his men. He was always so good to them and thoughtful of their comfort. He was, indeed, a true type of British officer."
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty’s Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty’s Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
ANDERSON, MERVYN KEBBLE, Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regt., 4th son of James Anderson, of Brentford, Orwell Park, Dublin, by his wife, Sarah Olivia, daughter of Michael Thomas Brown; b. Ballina, co. Mayo, 22 Jan. 1892; educated at the Diocesan School and St. Andrew's College, Dublin; gazetted 2nd Lieutenant to the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve) of the Royal Irish Regt. 12 Sept. 1914; went to the Front in Jan. 1915. He was wounded by shrapnel while passing through a communication trench at Ypres on 7 May, 1915, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, 11 May following. His captain wrote: "As his captain I knew him better than any other officer in the regiment, and next to his own people I don't know who could feel his death more than I do, unless it be his men. He was always so good to them and thoughtful of their comfort. He was, indeed, a true type of British officer."
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty’s Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty’s Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
Gravesite Details
Second Lieutenant, Royal Irish Regiment. Age: 23.
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