Trooper · #2021762 · Y Patrol
| Rank | Trooper |
|---|---|
| Service number | #2021762 |
| Patrol | Y Patrol |
| Known as | “Jack” |
| Died | 1947-04-16 |
| POW / KIA | Died on active service — 16 April 1947 (Dundee Western Cemetery) |
CWGC record (2026): Trooper John Anderson, service no. 2021762, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 16 April 1947, aged 38. BURIED AT DUNDEE WESTERN CEMETERY, Angus — Compt. 16, grave 87C. Son of Samuel and Jane Sinclair Anderson, of Dundee; husband of Jane Corke Anderson, of Dundee. His headstone bears the inscription “We have not lost him. He is for ever in our hearts.” Two cautions: the Commission records him as John Anderson, without the middle initial carried here, and unlike the other LRDG men his record does not name the Long Range Desert Group as a secondary unit — the identification rests on the exact service number. Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2459297/john-anderson/
CWGC: Trooper John Anderson, service no. 2021762, Royal Armoured Corps, served with the Long Range Desert Group (Y Patrol). Died 16 April 1947, aged 38 — a death accepted as attributable to war service (within the CWGC commemoration period, which runs to 31 December 1947). Buried at Dundee Western Cemetery, Compartment 16, Grave 87C, United Kingdom. Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Note for future researchers: a Find A Grave memorial for a “Sgt John J Anderson” (1917–1990) is NOT this man — the dates are irreconcilable with his death on 16 April 1947. Recorded here so the trail is not followed twice.
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