William Abbot Anderson (1822 - 1855)

Born 16 Nov 1822 in Cannanore, Madras

Ancestors

Died 3 Jan 1855 at age 32 in aboard the Colombus, Balaclava Harbour

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Biography

William was born in 1822. He is the son of Henry Anderson and Laetitia Abbott. He died in 1855. ^[1]

Christening Date: 25 Feb 1823 Christening Place: Cannanore, Madras, India

Educated at Trinity College, Dublin.

He was appointed to the medical staff at Chatham 28 February 1845 and served with the 51st Regiment as Assistant Surgeon in the Burmese War 1852-1853, Burmese Medal and Clasp (Pegu).

Served with the 41st Regiment as Surgeon-Major in the Crimean War 1854 - 1855. Crimean Medal and three Clasps (Savastapol, Inkerman and Alma) . Also Turkish Medal.

Died, unmarried, of typhus at Balaclava and is buried there.

CRIMEA DEATHS

Surgeon William Abbott Anderson - 41st Foot - died of typhus on board the Transport Columbus in Balaclava Harbour 3 Jan. 1855. Born 16 Nov. 1822 at Cannanore, Madras. Son of Lt-Col. Henry Anderson, of Fort Amherst, Chatham.

• Crimea Death

In 1845 William was Assistant Surgeon at Chatham. In 1855 a report of his death is found 'at the harbour at Balaklava of Typhus Fever, William Abbot Anderson, Surgeon 41st regiment, 3rd son of Lt Col. Henry Anderson, Fort Amherst Chatham'

• Kent History Forum William Abbott Anderson

King’s School, Canterbury 1832

Assistant Surgeon William Abbott Anderson 16 Nov 1822 [Cannanore Madras] – 3 Jan 1855 [Balaclava] 28 Feb 1845 Staff Assistant Surgeon.

22 July 1845 Assistant Surgeon 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment.

Malta Mar 1854 Arrived at Malta.

Malta 6 Apr 1854 Left for Turkey and the Crimea.

5 May 1854 Surgeon 41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot.

3 Jan 1855 Died of typhus on board the transport Columbus in Balaclava Harbour.

Regimental Surgeons Anderson William Abbott 41st Balaclava 3 Jan 1855

Crimea Memorial The foundation stone for a memorial to those Medical Officers who lost their lives in the Crimea was laid at the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley Southampton, on 1 Aug 1864. The names of the deceased were recorded on seven panels, with the eighth panel bearing the following inscription:

In memory of the Officers of the Army Medical Department who died whilst serving with the Army in the East, during the war with Russia in 1854, 1855, 1856. This monument has been erected by their brother officers and friends.

• Regimental Surgeons of the Malta Garrison 1856

Entry No: 4802. Johnston W. Roll of Commissioned Offices in the Medical Service of the British Army. Vol 1 (20 June 1727-23 June 1898), Aberdeen (1917).

Captain in the Old North Gloucester on board ship in the harbour of Balaklava, of fever, deeply regretted, William Abbot Anderson, 41st Regiment, third son Lieut.-Col. Henry tt , Fort Amherst, Chatham. V, Balaklava, Black Sea, on board the steam-trans

• Regimental Surgeons of the Malta Garrison Anderson William Abbott
• Kairen Anderson,. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Kairen and others.* "The Andersons of County Kilkenny 1680 - 1930" , written and published by Arthur Louis Brunker Anderson, 1930. The British Army Press, Simla (India), 1930. A .pdf version of this manuscript is available by e-mail from Little-1152. Send a private message request, please.
• Edmund Burkes "Landed Gentry of Ireland," 1958; 4th edition: "Andersons of Old Dunbell." Not available on-line. Scanned copy in possession of Little-1152. Specific page pertaining to this entry available as a scan on request by private message.

1. ↑ Entered by Kairen Anderson, May 10, 2012

Name: William Abbot /Anderson/^[2]

Birth:

Date: 16 nov 1822^[3]

Residence:

Date: 1841

Place: Chatham and St Margaret, Kent, England^[4]

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