Alfred Anderson
- Category : 1896-births
- Type : PSP
- Profile : 1/3 - Investigating / Martyr
- Definition : Split - Small (48,57)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Service 2
Biography
British soldier, the longest living veteran of World War I in that country, winner of the Mons Star and a witness to the 1914 celebrated Christmas truce. He died in his sleep in the early hours of November 21, 2005, aged 109. Anderson joined the military in 1912 and was sent to France in 1914. After sustaining an injury to his neck in 1916, he returned from the Western Front to Britain where her became an army instructor. He married Susie Iddison on June 2. 1917. When World War II broke out, he served in the Home Guard. He was awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 1998 by an appreciative French nation.