Thomas James Anderson

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

11326

Unit at enlistment:

4th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Farringdon Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

Ireland

Birth county:

Londonderry

Birth city:

Moneymore

Address at enlistment:

6 Charlotte Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

165 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

Waterous Engine Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX March 22, 1918

Veterans Met Their Returning Comrades

The veterans who slipped into Brantford on the Hamilton radial at 11 o’clock Wednesday night were met at the station by seven of their old comrades-in-arms. The secretary of the G.W.V.A. and five of the members of the G.W.V.A. spent the evening going from station to station, meeting train after train, until the arrival near midnight of the men they sought. There were eight of them – Privates Blake, Powell, Massengale, Knowles, “Mickie,” Duff, “Dusty,” Rhodes, King, and Anderson. They were all members of the “Mad Fourth,” who had left Brantford in the early days of the war. Four of them left direct to their homes, but five went over to the Returned Soldiers’ home, where a couple of hours were spent talking over old times. Privates Massengale, Powell and Blake remained at the home all night, the two former staying there at present, since they have no friends in the city.

BX February 14, 1974

Thomas Anderson

ANDERSON – Suddenly at the Brantford General Hospital, on Thursday, February 14, 1974, Thomas J. (Tom) Anderson in his 80th year, of 115 Marlborough Street; husband of Hilda Phillips, (Predeceased by his 1st wife Martha Sloan, in 1968). Dear father of Staff Sergeant Sam Anderson of Brantford, Thomas Jr., at Mount Pleasant; also survived by 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren; step-father of Richard Phillips of Woodstock, George Phillips of Brantford; Elwood Phillips and Mrs. James (Myrna) Town, both of Paris; also 10 step-grandchildren. Mr. Anderson was an original member of the Mad 4th Battalion, World War I, honorary member Branch 90 Royal Canadian Legion and Ex-Imperial Club, and member of the Loyal Orange Lodge and Black Knights of Ireland, a member of Marlboro United Church, retired employee of Massey-Ferguson Verity Works. Resting at Hill and Robinson Ltd., Funeral Home, Nelson and Queen Streets. Arrangements not completed.