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ANDERTON George Eric Asquith Lieut
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20337
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SKR/DAT/IP/20337
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Title (The name of the record)
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ANDERTON George Eric Asquith Lieut
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Date (When the record was created)
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2000-2024
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Description (What the record is about)
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Surname: ANDERTON;
Forename(s): George Eric Asquith;
Initials: GEA;
Rank: Lieut;
Enlistment Date: 22-Sep-1914;
Previous Regiment: Lanc Fus;
Date of transfer to MGC: 30-Dec-1915;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 119 Coy;
Other MGC Unit Served (1): 40 Bn;
How killed: KIA;
Where: France;
When killed: 22-Mar-1918;
Awarded: MID;
Other Data: Brass Plaque: St Peter & St Paul Church, Howden, Humberside
mentioned in war diary 119 Coy 20/6/1916He was bora in J£jJ.pjp Pike, Howden, East Yorkshire, in 1895 to Laura E and George H
Reported in the Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer on the 6th April 1918 a brother officer, in a letter to
Mrs Aptopp, wrote:
"Eric stayed with the front gun of all, which was quite what we expected of him. The Major had given him
the most dangerous post, because he insisted on having it. The second in command was wounded
somewhere out in front. Eric ran out to fetch him in and was shot in the head by a German sniper. It was
absolutely the most noble death anyone could wish. As a soldier we all miss him. He was the finest soldier
I have ever met, with an absolute contempt of death and devoted to his work." He was attached to 119th
CoyMGC.;Other Notes: ANDERTON, Lieutenant, GEORGE ERIC ASQUITH, Mentioned in Despatches, Lancashire Fusiliers attd. 119th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 22nd March 1918. Age 22. Son of Mrs. Anderton, of Kilpin Lodge, Howden, Yorks, and the late George H. Anderton. Bay 10 Arras Memorial - Pas De Calais, France.
MID LG: 11/12/1917 (Lanc Fus att MGC);Related National Archives files: WO339/56337;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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1 digital record
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ece24b20-3c8a-4b0e-ae91-dc510827918e/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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ANDERTON George Eric Asquith Lieut