Eric Anderson (VC)
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Eric Anderson VC (15 September 1915 – 6 April 1943) was an English soldier who received the Victoria Cross.
He became a driver for a building and contracting firm in Idle, West Yorkshire.
On 6 April 1943 on the Wadi Akarit, Tunisia, when a company of The East Yorkshire Regiment had to withdraw temporarily behind the crest of a hill, Private Anderson, a stretcher-bearer, went forward alone through heavy fire to rescue the wounded. Three times he brought in wounded comrades, and was rendering first aid to a fourth when he was mortally wounded.
He was buried in the War Cemetery in Sfax in southern Tunisia.His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Yorkshire Museum in York.
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Early life
He was born in Fagley in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the only son of George and Mary Anderson.He became a driver for a building and contracting firm in Idle, West Yorkshire.
Service
Anderson was 27 years old, and a private in the 5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, British Army during the Second World WarOn 6 April 1943 on the Wadi Akarit, Tunisia, when a company of The East Yorkshire Regiment had to withdraw temporarily behind the crest of a hill, Private Anderson, a stretcher-bearer, went forward alone through heavy fire to rescue the wounded. Three times he brought in wounded comrades, and was rendering first aid to a fourth when he was mortally wounded.
He was buried in the War Cemetery in Sfax in southern Tunisia.His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Yorkshire Museum in York.
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