Service Number
4347754
Rank
Private
Firstname
Eric
Lastname
Anderson
Awards
Victoria Cross
Battalion
5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Notes

London Gazetted on 29th July 1943
Born on 15th September 1915 at Fagley, Eccleshall, Bradford, Yorkshire
Died Akarit, Tunisia.
Memorials at Sfax War Cemetery , St John’s United Reformed Church , Bradford and Beverley Minster
Citation reads:
On 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.
Additional information: In a letter to Mrs Anderson, his mother, his officer Captain R.F.Clark, the Medical Officer of the 5th Battalion wrote, explaining how her son had gone out repeatedly to rescue his wounded comrades and on the final occasion had been killed, He went on to say

Age
1915
Birthplace
Eccleshall Bradford
Residence
Bradford
How Died
Killed in Action
Memorial
II. C. 14. SFAX WAR CEMETERY Tunisia
Next of Kin
Son of George and Mary Ann Anderson, of Fagley, Yorkshire; husband of Irene Anderson, of Fagley.
Date Died
06-Apr-43