Every Name a Story

W. Anderson 1940
Rank : Able Seaman

Hendon

Wallace  Anderson

Every Name a Story

In Sunderland (Ryhope Road) Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

W. Anderson
Able Seaman
S.S. “Royal Crown”
30th January 1940 age 24

No length of time
can take away
loving thoughts
of you each day

The son of William Johnson Anderson and Dorothy Anderson, of Hendon, Sunderland.

Acknowledgements: Peter Holt

Wallace Anderson is remembered at Sunderland in S140.159 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

 

First Name: Wallace

Last Name: Anderson

Which War: Second World War 1939-45

Died: 30/01/1940

Age: 24

Rank: Able Seaman

Regiment: Merchant Navy

Served in: Navy

Unit/Ship: S.S. Royal Crown (Newcastle upon Tyne)

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